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So, even so, when men were young,
And earth and heaven was new,
And His immediate presence He
From human hearts withdrew,
The soul perplexed and daily vexed
With sensuous False and True,
Amazed, bereaved, no less believed,
And fain would see Him too:
He is! the prophet-tongues proclaimed;
In joy and hasty fear,
He is! aloud replied the crowd,
Is, here, and here, and here.
He is! They are! in distance seen
On yon Olympus high,
In those Avernian woods abide,
And walk this azure sky:
They are, They are! to every show
Its eyes the baby turned,
And blazes sacrificial tall
On thousand altars burned:
They are, They are!—On Sinai's top
Far seen the lightnings shone,
The thunder broke, a trumpet spoke,
And God said, I am One.
