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A REVERIE by JAMES HERVEY HYSLOP

First Line: I LINGER IN THE SACRED FANE OF GOD'S ETERNAL LIGHT
Last Line: OF SERVANT TO ALL DIVINER ART.
Subject(s): GOD; HEARTS; LIFE; VISION;
I LINGER in the sacred fane of God's eternal light,
And worship there to gain the strength that comes from faithfulness,
The firmer will to live for that which takes away the blight
Of passion low and glorifies in loveliness
The higher spirit in the heart of God and man.

Our wandering thoughts may gather strength
From tempting struggles in the toils of life,
And happy he who keeps at length
His vision on the sinless strife,
And makes his passions play the part
Of servant to all diviner art.



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