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RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND ART.
'Twas in the early twilight of the dawn,While in the east glowed bright the morning star,That o'er a broad and dew-besprinkled lawnThere walked a being sent from realms afar,Sent down from bright celestial spheres aboveTo wander o'er this dark and ruined world,And by the Holy One whose name is Love,That sin might from its throne of state be hurled.
She passed upon her way with footstep light;Her lips the while moved oft as if in prayer,As if her soul in converse did uniteWith Him whose presence hovers ev'rywhere;And on she went, until advancing dayHad tinged the east with gold and crimson dyes,Till fleecy clouds in all their fair arrayTheir graceful forms spread o'er the deep-blue skies.
And then she fixed her sweet, benignant gazeUpon the heav'ns in reverential love,And, kneeling, offered orisons and praiseTo Him who ruleth o'er the powers above.

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