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Who were
"the Father and
the Son"
I pondered
when a child -
And what had
they to do with
me
And when in
terror told
Through Accents
terrible as Death
To one that
never died -
I thought, at
least they are
no worse
Than they have
been described.
Who are "the
Father and the Son"
Did I demand
Today
"The Father
and the Son" himself
Would doubtless
answer me -
But had they
had the readiness
When I desired
to know,
We better
Friends had
been, perhaps,
Than time to
be ensue -
We start - to learn that we believe
But once - entirely -
Belief, it does not fit so well
When altered frequently -
We blush - that Heaven if we behold -
Event ineffable -
We shall have shunned until ashamed
To own the Miracle -
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