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Shinar and Pathros—nay, can these compare
With thee in state? And can thy purity,
And can thy light be like the vain things there?

And thine anointed—who among their throng
Compareth? Likened unto whom shall be
Levites and seers and singers of thy song?

Lo! it shall pass, shall change, the heritage
Of vain-crowned kingdoms; not all time subdues
Thy strength; thy crown endures from age to age.

Thy God desired thee for a dwelling-place;
And happy is the man whom He shall choose,
And draw him nigh to rest within thy space.

Happy is he that waiteth;—he shall go
To thee, and thine arising radiance see
When over him shall break thy morning glow;

And see rest for thy chosen; and sublime
Rejoicing find amid the joy of thee
Returned unto thine olden youthful time.