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TRANSCENDENCE by RICHARD HOVEY

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First Line: THOUGH ONE WITH ALL THAT SENSE OR SOUL
Last Line: THE SUN DOTH NOT CONTAIN HIM NOR THE SEA.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

Though one with all that sense or soul can see,
Not imprisoned in His own creation, He,
His life is more than stars or winds or angels—
The sun doth not contain Him nor the sea.



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