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Throned in splendor, immortal Aphrodite
Child of Zeus,
Enchantress,
I implore thee Slay me not in this distress and anguish,

I
The awful shadow of some unseen Power Floats through unseen among us, — visiting This various world with as inconstant
As summer winds that creep from flower to flower,--Like moonbeams that behind some piny mountain shower, It visits w...

To the music of Beethoven's ninth symphony Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory,
Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, Praising Thee their sun above
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; Drive the dark of doubt away;...

Lord, who hast suffer'd all for me,
My peace and pardon to procure,
The lighter cross I bear for Thee,
Help me with patience to endure

I
The sleepless Hours who watch me as I lie,
Curtained with star-inwoven tapestries,
From the broad moonlight of the sky,

There is a fountain fill'd with blood,
Drawn from Emmanuel's veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains

The hair falling on your forehead                           suddenly lifted
Suddenly something stirred on the ground
The trees are whispering                        in the dark
Your bare arms will be cold

My God, till I received Thy stroke,
How like a beast was I
So unaccustom'd to the yoke,
So backward to comply

WE saw Thee in Thy balmy nest,    Young dawn of our eternal day;
We saw Thine eyes break from the East,    And chase the trembling shades away:
We saw Thee, and we blest the sight,
We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light

Heal us,
Emmanuel
here we are,
Waiting to feel Thy touch:

In what torn ship soever I embark,
That ship shall be my emblem of thy Ark;
What sea soever swallow me, that
Shall be to me an emblem of thy blood;

You dweller in the dark cabin,
To whom the watermelon is always purple,
Whose garden is wind and moon,
Of the two dreams, night and day,