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BIRTHDAY ODE.
Dreaming, as homeless on dark earth he trod,
The lips that praise him shall not know for God.
O sovereign spirit, above ep. 12
All offering but man's love,
All praise and prayer and incense undefiled!
The one thing stronger found
Than towers with iron bound;
The one thing lovelier than a little child,
And deeper than the seas are deep,
And tenderer than such tears of love as angels weep.480
Dante, the seer of all things evil and good, str. 13
Beheld two ladies, Beauty
And high life-hallowing Duty,
That strove for sway upon his mind and mood
