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and a practical realisation in the present. Surely such "actions" as 

 these, as James Shirley puts it, " smell sweet and blossom in the dust." 



" God of the granite and the rose, 

 Soul of the lily and the bee, 

 The mighty tide of being flows 

 In countless channels, Lord, from Thee. 

 It springs to life in grass and flowers, 

 Through every stage of being runs, 

 And from creation's mighty towers 

 Its glory flames in stars and suns." 



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