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Niagara, and Other Poems

TRANSFIGURED! (“The Word was made flesh.”)

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Garment of Flesh, to thee was given

The virgin glow of sun and sod:—

Dawn-woven in the loom of Heaven,—

The last, the tenderest touch of God!

With human passion dear, divine,

Thou dost the deathless soul supply;

Altar and hearth alike are thine,

Sweet bridal of the earth and sky!

The glory of Eternity

Rests like a crown upon thy brow;

Celestial light o’ershadows thee:—

Blest mother of my Lord art thou!

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