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SAN MINIATO by OSCAR WILDE

First Line: SEE, I HAVE CLIMBED THE MOUNTAINSIDE
Last Line: SHOW TO THE WORLD MY SIN AND SHAME.
Subject(s): ITALY; ITALIANS;

SEE, I have climbed the mountain side
Up to this holy house of God,
Where once that Angel-Painter trod
Who saw the heavens opened wide,
And throned upon the crescent moon
The Virginal white Queen of Grace, --
Mary! could I but see thy face
Death could not come at all too soon.
O crowned by God with thorns and pain!
Mother of Christ! O mystic wife!
My heart is weary of this life
And over-sad to sing again.
O crowned by God with love and flame!
O crowned by Christ the Holy One!
O listen ere the searching sun
Show to the world my sin and shame.



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