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BAAL
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Omega. — close ye the book, and seal it, 'tis now the ending;
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still ;
Depart, ye cursed and blind, depart into outer darkness ;
I know ye not, as ye knew not me in the time gone by.

IV.

Baal, foe cri? to tijee from morning till eben,—
hx fy: nigfjt tfjat is entiless foe erg to tfjee, Baal tfje Egrant.
&ee to it, Baal tfje jFalse, our allegiance is failing;
In tlje ftre tfjat ronsumetfj, our nature is changing anU changing ;
Weaker ano foeaker is foaning tfje ebil foitfjin us;
<En0 forjat Ijabe foe out ebil, foljat fyabe foe, fofjen tfjat sljall Jjabe faileo us?
|§ear us, ® Baal
Deafness and dumbness hath Baal, the god of the heathen,
But through the silence of ages the Word is approaching ;