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The Great Epiphany


I AM the Lord: My well-beloved Son
Is man; who, spirit of My Spirit, yet
Did know Me not. So therefore I did set
The heavenly orbs their course of light to run
Athwart the empty night; from chaos won
The stable earth, the surging seas that fret
The girdling coasts, the aspiring mountains met
In middle air by stooping clouds: which done
Man out of spirit into flesh was born;
And he, I hindering not, then forth did call
The various show of city, temple, throne,
Of nations, councils, wars, feasts, ships, herds, corn:
Then I, the Lord, raised high in midst of all,
Myself upon a cross to man made known.