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Last Line: Behold its shadow in the deed he did
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Anger; Worship; Prayer


Seven vials hold Thy wrath: but what can hold
Thy mercy save Thine own Infinitude,
Boundlessly overflowing with all good.
All lovingkindness, all delights untold?

Thy Love, of each created love the mould;
Thyself, of all the empty plenitude;
Heard of at Ephrata, found in the Wood,
For ever One, the Same, and Manifold.

Lord, give us grace to tremble with that dove
Which Ark - bound winged its solitary way
And overpast the Deluge in a day.
Whom Noah's hand pulled in and comforted:
For we who much more hang upon Thy Love
Behold its shadow in the deed he did.





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