I should have been too glad, I see --

I should have been too glad, I see --
Too lifted -- for the scant degree
Of Life's penurious Round --
My little Circuit would have shamed
This new Circumference -- have blamed --
The homelier time behind.

I should have been too saved -- I see --
Too rescued -- Fear too dim to me
That I could spell the Prayer
I knew so perfect -- yesterday --
That Scalding One -- Sabacthini --
Recited fluent -- here --

Earth would have been too much -- I see --
And Heaven -- not enough for me --
I should have had the Joy
Without the Fear -- to justify --
The Palm -- without the Calvary --
So Savior -- Crucify --

Defeat whets Victory -- they say --
The Reefs in Old Gethsemane
Endear the Shore beyond --
'Tis Beggars -- Banquets best define --
'Tis Thirsting -- vitalizes Wine --
Faith faints --[^a1]bleats to understand --

[^a1: faints -- | faints --]

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