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Yea, into his heart it crept,
He worked with at new-born skill;
And whether He laughed or wept
He worked with a steadfast will.

It was given him—he caught
It close to his heaving breast
And a miracle was wrought,
For a genius stood confessed.
The Kilt which he held the least
Was the gift the Lord had sent,
Lo, the angel at the feast
He had misnamed, discontent.