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THE RABBI'S SONG by RUDYARD KIPLING

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First Line: IF THOUGHT EVER REACH TO HEAVEN
Last Line: BE NOT EXPELLED FROM HIM.
Subject(s): BIBLE; JEWS; RELIGION; JUDAISM; THEOLOGY;
IF thought ever reach to Heaven,
On Heaven let it dwell.
For fear that Thought be given
Like Power to reach to Hell;
For fear that Desolation
And darkness on thy mind
Perplex the habitation
Which thou hast left behind.
Our lives, our tears as water
Are poured upon the ground;
God giveth no man quarter,
Yet God a means hath found,
Tho' faith and hope have vanished
And even love grows dim,
A means whereby his banished
Be not expelled from Him.



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