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A SOLILOQUY.
THE HUMAN SOUL IN A GARDEN.
Here thy first Father spake
With God at eve; the snake
Curled, hid within the brake.
With God at eve; the snake
Curled, hid within the brake.
Here thy great Mother strayed,
And here was she betrayed.
And here was she betrayed.
Here, drops upon the sod
Fell from the brow of God.
Fell from the brow of God.
And here, where roses bloom,
Thy God hath made His tomb.
Thy God hath made His tomb.
And here, from One adored
From Him, her risen Lord,
From Him, her risen Lord,
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A woman,
once accurst,
Despised and outraged, first
Despised and outraged, first
Love's messenger became;
He called her by her Name.
He called her by her Name.
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