VIII.

Come, let us build upon this rock,

The Church of God's last lover,

The third New Testament's revealed,

The agony is over.

Refuted is the second book

That fooled us through long ages.

The stupid torture of the flesh

Is not for modern sages.

Hear'st thou the Lord in the dark sea,

With thousand voices speaking?

See'st thou o'erhead the thousand lights

Of God's own glory breaking?

The holy God dwells in the light,

As in the dark abysses.

For God is everything that is:

His breath is in our kisses.

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