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Sonnet. About Jesus. X.

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But as Thou earnest forth to bring the Poor,     Whose hearts were nearer faith and verity,     Spiritual childhood, thy philosophy,--     So taught'st the A, B, C of heavenly lore;     Because Thou sat'st not, lonely evermore,     With mighty thoughts informing language high;     But, walking in thy poem continually,     Didst utter acts, of all true forms the core;     Instead of parchment, writing on the soul     High thoughts and aspirations, being so     Thine own ideal; Poet and Poem, lo!     One indivisible; Thou didst reach thy goal     Triumphant, but with little of acclaim,     Even from thine own, escaping not their blame.

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