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VENERATION OF IMAGES by ALICE MEYNELL

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First Line: THOU MAN, FIRST-COMER,WHOSE WIDE ARMS ENTREAT
Last Line: THOU ROOD OF EVERY DAY!

THOU man, first-comer, whose wide arms entreat,
Gather, clasp, welcome, bind,
Lack, or remember; whose warm pulses beat
With love of thine own kind: --

Unlifted for a blessing on yon sea,
Unshrined on this highway,
O flesh, O grief, thou too shalt have our knee,
Thou rood of every day!



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