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XL. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THE BOND OF THE WORLD.
Like Isles that on the lap of ocean sleep,Each a lone speck upon the watery maze,
So to the English superficial eye
Appear the Churches of our modern days,
That multifold in central unity
With Apostolic Rome communion keep:
But peering downward into Time's still deep,
Search thou the blue abyss with curious gaze,
And lo, these separate seeming Isles are found
To be the tops of mountains deluged o'er,
By whose enduring bars the world is bound;
Whose roots extend and meet from shore to shore,
Keeping all earth in place till time shall be no more!
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