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Through and a sought countless mystery. tried vast, men
Have universe,
So see
The so longed ages, and the of many great secret to
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stumbling, frail secret things—to these blind. upon
Such find;
Nor hidden by through he's of myst'ry chance, man
The Yet this not could struggling come
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in throne One mystery a tightly in upon throne sealed. Behold is a revealed;
And hand held is set,
And heav'n scroll—
The right the His
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universe, cry—
'Can earth. scroll be the to or all a no of take?' yet reply,
From heav'n, ... below, the one found worth
The Through such great on
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some surely matter for man
By a Were it economy. or ability,
Then God's now one step now forth
To open would chance,
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at we, Yet he then worthy and solemn as was all still too, wept found. sad none looked around;
And were be
If might that weeping sight.
John
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unveiled!' has Lion the its not!
Behold, said, has mystery now angel the prevailed
To seals;
He take then scroll But loose and the 'Weep the
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So, then lo, enemy,
And wrought man. he looked Lion up to a both beheld see,
But, for the o'ercame work redemption's John the Lamb;
Christ
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praise,
All Lion-Lamb;
Let the living throne,
Four glory before The to voices angels fall with raise! offer us our creatures His theirs