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Cyclopia, ?" .n jT n n Cawpa wkh arifct-niiiiac by tie G-sfc, -WfatK aaai there was fee chhaft aVMcate Stwafth, beauty, pubag Temples he had fared Where mortal Cuun worsaip had a goc't; Tkm mightiest Herod, by the Camr'a grace Rtshag domain larger than David had, Having a shadowy sense the Lord k King, Though Caenr was some nearer, deemed k wise His throar, a muttering ruin shaking then Would placate God, and make of Caesar friend, S3 h: icig't have, as preachers sometimes teach, The best of both the worfdi, tfcfc-that to corns Even tha, days of betrothal yet, in inner room Knelt Mary, bowedin worship of her race Mary, the peasant maid, of royal the When shrouding veil of glory Angels bring, Swathed her in radiance, the Archangel spake: "frail to thee, Mary Mary full of grace; "The Highest will o'ershadow thee, thy Son "The Son-of-God, Man's-Son, earth's throne "And of His Kingdom never shall be end. Bat Mary, peasant, prescience could col' have That slow must grow that kingdom which k Peace; x- The native warring-hatred in earth-sou's Refusing pact with price -sole peace on earth, Which k when men lose self in' God's vast ' All Even in flesh part of Eternity; Not wolting of the way the Christ would lead, Burst into song that sound: through cen. turijs: "My soul doth magnify the Lord, VRejoidng ia my God my Saviour; 'Hand maiden low, henceforth shall call me blest'd AH generations, for to me great things "The MightksOiasdone-Hely His name: "They are exalted who are meek and low, "The proud and rich are empty seat away. "And help is with Uk irrvaat Israel, "As was the promise to our fathers made "ToJAbrahaa and hk seed for evermore." 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