I should have been too glad, I see---
Too lifted---for the scant degree
Of Life's penurious Round---
My little Circuit would have shamed
This new Circumference---have blamed---
The homelier time behind.
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I should have been too saved---I see---
Too rescued---Fear too dim to me
That I could spell the Prayer
I knew so perfect---yesterday---
That Scalding One---Sabachthani---
Recited fluent---here---
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Earth would have been too much---I see---
And Heaven---not Enough for me---
I should have had the Joy
Without the Fear---to justify---
The Palm---without the Calvary---
So Savior---Crucify
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Defeat---whets Victory---they say---
The Reefs---in old Gethsemane---
Endear the +Shore---beyond!
'Tis Beggars---Banquets---can define---
'Tis Thirsting---vitalizes Wine---
Faith +bleats---to understand --
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+Coast +faints
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