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[As circle beyond circle evermore]
As circle beyond circle evermoreIn the still water spreads and spreads, until
The whole expanse of lucid pool they fill,
And the last ripple touch the further shore—
Dilating so, nor finding pause before
It has extended o'er the largest space
Which love can hold within its wide embrace,
Prayer issues from the bosom's central core.
First for himself the High Priest his offering makes,
This done, for others, for those nearest found,
The circle of the sacred home, and then
For the whole Church of God, and lastly takes—
His ample intercession takes all men
Within the limits of its mighty round.
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