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