| 6 | And sitting down before the heat of day | 7 | And, sitting down before the heat of day, |
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| 7 | She took me on her lap and kissed me, | 8 | She took me on her lap and kissèd me, |
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| 8 | And pointing to the east began to say: | 9 | And, pointing to the East, began to say: |
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| 9 | 'Look on the rising sun: there God does live | 10 | |
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| 10 | And gives his light, and gives his heat away; | 11 | ‘Look on the rising sun: there God does live, |
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| | 12 | And gives His light, and gives His heat away, |
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| 12 | Comfort in morning joy in the noon day. | 14 | Comfort in morning, joy in the noonday. |
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| 13 | 'And we are put on earth a little space, | 15 | |
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| 14 | That we may learn to bear the beams of love, | 16 | ‘And we are put on earth a little space, |
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| 15 | And these black bodies and this sun-burnt face | 17 | That we may learn to bear the beams of love; |
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| 16 | Is but a cloud, and like a shady grove. | 18 | And these black bodies and this sunburnt face |
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| 17 | 'For when our souls have learned the heat to bear | 19 | Are but a cloud, and like a shady grove. |
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| 18 | The cloud will vanish, we shall hear his voice, | 20 | |
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| 19 | Saying: "Come out from the grove, my love and care, | 21 | ‘For, when our souls have learned the heat to bear, |
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| 20 | And round my golden tent like lambs rejoice." | 22 | The cloud will vanish, we shall hear His voice, |
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| 21 | Thus did my mother say, and kissed me; | 23 | Saying, “Come out from the grove, my love and care, |
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| 22 | And thus I say to little English boy: | 24 | And round my golden tent like lambs rejoice.”’ |
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| 23 | When I from black and he from white cloud free | 25 | |
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| 24 | And round the tent of God like lambs we joy, | 26 | Thus did my mother say, and kissed me, |
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| 25 | I'll shade him from the heat till he can bear | 27 | And thus I say to little English boy. |
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| 26 | To lean in joy upon our Father's knee; | 28 | When I from black, and he from white cloud free, |
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| 27 | And then I'll stand and stroke his silver hair, | 29 | And round the tent of God like lambs we joy, |
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| 28 | And be like him and he will then love me. | 30 | |
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| | 31 | I’ll shade him from the heat till he can bear |
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| | 32 | To lean in joy upon our Father’s knee; |
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| | 33 | And then I’ll stand and stroke his silver hair, |
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| | 34 | And be like him, and he will then love me. |
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