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Before the sparkling lamps on high Were kindled up, and hung around the sky: Before the sun led on the circling hours, Or vital seeds produced their active powers; Before the first intelligences strung Their golden harps and soft preludiums sung To Love, the mighty cause whence their existence sprung, Th’ ineffable Divinity His own resemblance meets in thee. By this thy glorious lineage thou dost prove Thy high descent—for God Himself is Love.
Before the sparkling lamps on high Were kindled up, and hung around the sky: Before the sun led on the circling hours, Or vital seeds produced their active powers; Before the first intelligences strung Their golden harps and soft preludiums sung To Love, the mighty cause whence their existence sprung, Th’ ineffable Divinity His own resemblance meets in thee. By this thy glorious lineage thou dost prove Thy high descent—for God Himself is Love.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Mrs. Rowe (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 371 · printed citation: Mrs. Rowe · subject: LOVE
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