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Chapter 1  
  The Great Hymn of Destiny  
  34 CE  
     
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 When, a quite little child, I was dwelling
  
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 In the House of my Father’s Kingdom (Nazara),
  
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 And in the wealth and the glories
  
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 Of my Up-bringers I was delighting,
  
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 From the East, our Home, my Parents
  
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 Forth-sent me with journey-provision.
  
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 Indeed from the wealth of our Treasure (secret knowledge),
  
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 They bound up for me a load.
  
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 Large was it, yet was it so light
  
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 That all alone I could bear it.
  
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 Gold from the Land of Beth-El (wisdom from Syria and home to ancient Ebla),
  
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 Silver from Gazak the Great (wisdom from Kabul, Afghanistan),
  
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 Chalcedonies of India (wisdom from Krishna and the Buddhists/Brahmans),
  
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 Iris-hued Opals from Kãshan (wisdom from ancient Afghanistan)
  
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 They secured me with Adamant (“adamas”-the first being Akhenaten and Egypt)also
  
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 That has power to cut even iron.
  
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 My Glorious Robe they took off me
  
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 Which in their love they had wrought me,
  
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 And my Purple Mantle also
  
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 Which was woven to match with my stature.
  
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 And with me they then made a compact;
  
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 In my heart wrote it, not to forget it:
  
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 "If you go down into Egypt,
  
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 And from you return with the one Pearl (anointment of true Pharaohship)
  
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 "The Pearl that lies in the Sea,
  
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 Hard by the loud-breathing Serpent (Amen is the "hidden serpent")--
  
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 "[Then] shall you put on your Robe
  
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 And thy Mantle that goes upon it,
  
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 "And with your Brother (James), Our Second (son),
  
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 Shall thou be Heir in our Kingdom (Israel and all Jews)."
  
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 I left the East and went down
  
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 With two Couriers with me;
  
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 For the way was hard and dangerous,
  
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 For I was young to tread it.
  
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 I traversed the borders of Maish~ n,
  
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 The mart of the Eastern merchants,
  
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 And I reached the Land of Babel,
  
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 And entered the walls of Sarbãg.
  
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 Down further I went into Egypt;
  
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 And from me parted my escorts.
  
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 Straightway I went to the Serpent (Amen-Ra);
  
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 Near to his lodging I settled (Temple to Amen, Thebes),
  
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 To take away my Pearl (anointment as true Pharaoh)
  
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 While he should sleep and should slumber.
  
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 Lone was I there, yea, all lonely;
  
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 To my fellow-lodgers a stranger.
  
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 However I saw there a noble,
  
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 From out of the Dawn-land (Egypt) my kinsman (relative of the line of Akhenaten (Moses), first Jewish High Priest),
  
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 A young man fair and well favoured,
  
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 Son of Grandees; he came and he joined me.
  
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 I made him my chosen companion,
  
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 A comrade, for sharing my wares with.
  
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 He warned me against the Egyptians,
  
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 Against mixing with the unclean ones.
  
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 For I had clothed me as they were,
  
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 That they might not guess I had come
  
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 From afar to take off the Pearl,
  
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 And so rouse the Serpent (Amen-Ra and history of Sadducees) against me.
  
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 But from some occasion or other
  
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 They learned I was not of their country.
  
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 With their wiles they made my acquaintance;
  
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 Yea, they gave me their victuals to eat.
  
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 I forgot that I was a King’s son,
  
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 And became a slave to their king (the lifestyle they worship).
  
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 I forgot all concerning the Pearl
  
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 For which my Parents had sent me;
  
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 And from the weight of their victuals
  
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 I sank down into a deep sleep.
  
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 All this that now was befalling,
  
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 My Parents perceived and were anxious.
  
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 It was then proclaimed in our Kingdom,
  
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 That all should speed to our Gate --
  
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 Kings and Chieftains of Parthia,
  
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 And of the East all the Princes.
  
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 And this is the counsel they came to:
  
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 I should not be left down in Egypt.
  
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 And for me they wrote out a Letter;
  
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 And to it each Noble his Name set:
  
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 "From Us -- King of Kings, thy Father,
  
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 And thy Mother, Queen of the Dawn-land,
  
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 "And from Our Second, thy Brother –
  
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 To thee, Son, down in Egypt, Our Greeting!
  
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 "Up an arise from thy sleep,
  
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 Give ear to the words of Our Letter!
  
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 "Remember that thou art a King’s son;
  
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 See whom thou hast served in thy slavedom.
  
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 Bethink thyself of the Pearl
  
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 For which thou didst journey to Egypt.
  
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 "Remember thy Glorious Robe,
  
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 Thy Splendid Mantle remember,
  
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 "To put on and wear as adornment,
  
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 When thy Name may be read in the Book of the Heroes,
  
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 "And with Our Successor (James), thy Brother,
  
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 Thou mayest be Heir in Our Kingdom."
  
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 My Letter was surely a Letter
  
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 The King had sealed up with His Right Hand,
  
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 Against the Children of Babel (false Jewish priests who follow Persian Torah), the wicked,
  
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 The tyrannical Daimons of Sarbãg (the Sanhedrin).
  
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 It flew in the form of the Eagle,
  
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 Of all the winged tribes the king-bird;
  
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 It flew and alighted beside me,
  
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 And turned into speech altogether.
  
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 At its voice and the sound of its winging,
  
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 I waked and arose from my deep sleep.
  
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 Unto me I took it and kissed it;
  
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 I loosed its seal and I read it.
  
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 Even as it stood in my heart writ,
  
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 The words of my Letter were written.
  
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 I remembered that I was a King’s son,
  
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 And my rank did long for its nature.
  
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 I bethought me again of the Pearl,
  
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 For which I was sent down to Egypt.
  
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 And I began then to charm them,
  
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 The terrible loud-breathing Serpent (false/ignorant Jewish priests).
  
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 I lulled him to sleep and to slumber,
  
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 Chanting over him the Name of my Father,
  
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 The Name of our Second, my Brother (James),
  
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 And Name of my Mother (Mary), the East-Queen.
  
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 And thereon I snatched up the Pearl,
  
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 And turned back to the House of my Father (Nazara).
  
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 Their filthy and unclean garments
  
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 I stripped off and left in their country.
  
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 To the way that I came I betook me,
  
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 To the Light of our Home, to the Dawn-land (Egypt).
  
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 On the road I found there before me,
  
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 My Letter that had aroused me --
  
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 As with its voice it had roused me,
  
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 So now with its light it did lead me --
  
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 On fabric of silk, in letter of red ,
  
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 With shining appearance before me,
  
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 Encouraging me with its guidance,
  
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 With its love it was drawing me onward.
  
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 I went forth; through Sarbãg I passed;
  
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 I left Babel-land on my left hand;
  
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 And I reached unto Maishan the Great,
  
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 The meeting-place of the merchants,
  
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 That lieth hard by the Sea-shore.
  
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 My Glorious Robe that I’d stripped off,
  
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 And my Mantle with which it was covered,
  
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 Down from the Heights of Hyrcania,
  
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 Thither my Parents did send me,
  
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 By the hands of their Treasure-dispensers
  
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 Who trustworthy were with it trusted.
  
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 Without my recalling its fashion,
 
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 In the House of my Father my childhood had left it,
 
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 At once, as soon as I saw it,
  
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 The Glory looked like my own self.
  
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 I saw it in all of me,
  
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 And saw me all in all of it, --
  
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 That we were two in distinction,
  
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 And yet again one in one likeness.
  
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 I saw, too, the Treasurers also,
  
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 Who unto me had down-brought it,
  
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 Were two and yet of one likeness;
  
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 For one Sign of the King was upon them --
  
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 Who through them restored me the Glory,
  
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 The Pledge of my Kingship.
  
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 The Glorious Robe all-bespangled
  
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 With sparkling splendour of colours:
  
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 With Gold and also with Beryls,
  
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 Chalcedonies, iris-hued Opals,
  
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 With Sards of varying colours.
  
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 To match its grandeur, moreover, it had been completed:
  
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 With adamantine jewels (of wisdom)  
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 All of its seams were off-fastened.
  
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 Moreover the King of Kings’ Image
  
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 Was depicted entirely all over it;
  
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 And as with Sapphires above
  
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 Was it wrought in a motley of colour.
  
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 I saw that moreover all over it
  
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 The motions of Gnosis (Secret knowledge) abounding;
  
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 I saw it further was making
  
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 Ready as though for to speak.
  
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 I heard the sound of its Music
  
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 Which it whispered as it descended:
  
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 "Behold him the active in deeds!
  
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 For whom I was reared with my Father;
  
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 "I too have felt in myself
  
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 How that with his works waxed my stature."
  
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 And now with its Kingly motions
  
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 Was it pouring itself out towards me,
  
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 And made haste in the hands of its Givers,
  
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 That I might take and receive it.
  
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 And me, too, my love urged forward
  
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 To run for to meet it, to take it.
  
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 And I stretched myself forth to receive it;
  
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 With its beauty of colour I decked me,
  
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 And my Mantle of sparkling colours
  
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 I wrapped entirely all over me.
  
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 I clothed me therewith, and ascended
  
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 To the Gate of Greeting and Homage.
  
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 I bowed my head and did homage
  
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 To the Glory of Him who had sent it,
  
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 Whose commands I now had accomplished,
  
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 And who had, too, done what He’d promised.
  
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 And there at the Gate of His House (The Temple)-sons
  
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 I mingled myself with His Princes (Great Sanhedrin);
  
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 For He had received me with gladness,
  
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 And I was with Him in His Kingdom;
  
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 To whom the whole of His Servants
  
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 With sweet-sounding voices sing praises.
  
   
   
 
 

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