many Through countless ages, men

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