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REVELATION
I built an altar to an unknown GodWhom ignorantly I worshipped. To its shrine
I brought rich gifts, oblations rare and fine;
And in each pleasaunce where my young feet trod
I sought the fairest flowers that decked the sod,
Roses and lilies, sprays of eglantine,
Myrtle and amaranth and lush woodbine
To wreathe the altar of that unknown God
Before whose shrine my heart knelt justified.
Yet oft I feared! One night when winds were mute
And pale stars trembled in the heavens above,
“Tell me thy name, thy blessèd name!” I cried.
Low came a whisper, soft as silver flute,—
“Fear not, O child! my only name is Love!”
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