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Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight; O, teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed.
Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight; O, teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed.
Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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- John Dryden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1631–1701)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 500 · printed citation: Dryden · subject: REVELATION
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