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EXULTATE DEO by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: MANY A FLOWER HATH PERFUME FOR ITS DOWER
Last Line: UNTIL HE WALK IN WHITE.

MANY a flower hath perfume for its dower,
And many a bird a song,
And harmless lambs milkwhite beside their dams
Frolic along;
Perfume and song and whiteness offering praise
In humble peaceful ways.

Man's high degree hath will and memory,
Affection and desire,
By loftier ways he mounts of prayer and praise;
Fire unto fire,
Deep unto deep responsive, height to height,
Until he walk in white.



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