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Through the remember'd grace are 



Of that divine embrace, hat 



Of his sad errors none, ;ed, 



Though gross to blame, its 



Shall cast him lower than the cleansing flame, hj s 



Nor make him quite depart n V 



From the small flock named "after God's owe j n _ 



heart," 



And to themselves unknown. 



Nor can he quail our 

 In faith, nor flush nor pale 



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When all the other idiot people spell 



How this or that new prophet's word belies ' n ' 



Their last high oracle ; * 



But constantly his soul n 



Points to its pole, j-^e 



Even as the needle points and knows not why ; are 



And, under the ever-changing clouds of doubt, ise- 



When others cry, 

 " The stars, if stars there were, 



Are quenched and out ! " 5 * 



To him, uplooking t'ward the hills for aid, u ^ s 



Appear, at need displayed, the 

 Gaps in the low-hung gloom, and, bright in air, 

 Orion or the Bear. 



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