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ORIGEN.
Close-linked in youth with apostolic men,And mighty in the Scriptures, thou didst raise
A stately fabric of immortal praise,
Based on eternal Truth, wise Origen.
And though we tremble lest thy daring pen
Venture too near the veil which hides God's ways,
We crown with evergreen thy restless days,
Thy pious insight and far-reaching ken.
For ivy-like thy busy hand hath wound
Unfading wreaths about the holy shrine
In which the Oracles of God are found;
Where Scriptures Old and New their voice combine
Through all the listening ages to resound
The full-toned thunder of the Word Divine!
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