You constituted Time —
I deemed Eternity
A Revelation of Yourself —
‘Twas therefore Deity
The Absolute — removed
The Relative away —
That I unto Himself adjust
My slow idolatry —
You constituted Time —
I deemed Eternity
A Revelation of Yourself —
‘Twas therefore Deity
The Absolute — removed
The Relative away —
That I unto Himself adjust
My slow idolatry —
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