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CHRISTIAN AND JEW.
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Thy Name will I remember in my praise
And call to mind Thy faithfulness of old,
Though as a weaver Thou cut off my days
And end me as a tale ends that is told.


CHRISTIAN AND JEW.
A DIALOGUE.

"OH happy happy land!
Angels like rushes stand
About the wells of light."—
"Alas, I have not eyes for this fair sight:
Hold fast my hand."—

"As in a soft wind, they
Bend all one blessed way,
Each bowed in his own glory, star with star."—
"I cannot see so far,
Here shadows are."—

"White-winged the cherubim,
Yet whiter seraphim,
Glow white with intense fire of love,"—
"Mine eyes are dim:
I look in vain above,
And miss their hymn."—