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XVIII. QUASI CEDRUS EXALTATA SUM IN LIBANO.
Behold! I sought in all things rest:
My Maker called me: I obeyed:
On me He laid His great behest:
In me His tabernacle made.
My Maker called me: I obeyed:
On me He laid His great behest:
In me His tabernacle made.
The world's Creator thus bespake
‘My Salem be thy heritage:
Thy rest within mine Israel make:
In Sion root thee, age by age.’
‘My Salem be thy heritage:
Thy rest within mine Israel make:
In Sion root thee, age by age.’
Within the City well-beloved
Thenceforth I grew from flower to fruit:
And in an ancient race approved
Behold thenceforth I struck my root.
Thenceforth I grew from flower to fruit:
And in an ancient race approved
Behold thenceforth I struck my root.
Like Carmel's cedar, or the palm
That gladdens 'mid Engaddi's dew
Or Plane-tree set by waters calm
I stood, and round my fragrance threw.
That gladdens 'mid Engaddi's dew
Or Plane-tree set by waters calm
I stood, and round my fragrance threw.
Behold! I live where dwells not sin:
I breathe in climes no foulness taints:
I reign in God's fair Court, and in
The full assembly of His Saints.
I breathe in climes no foulness taints:
I reign in God's fair Court, and in
The full assembly of His Saints.
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