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Knocking.

Though forsaken and betangled,
Ivy-gnarled and weed-bejangled,
Dusty, rusty, and forgotten;—
There the piercéd hand still knocketh,
And with ever patient watching,
With the sad eyes true and tender,
With the glory-crownéd hair,—
Still a God is waiting there.