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II.

As hidden in thy chamber lowest

As in the sky the lark,

Thou, mystic thing, on working goest

Without the poorest spark,

And

yet light's garment round me throwest, Who else, as thou, were dark.

With body ever clothing me,

Thou mak'st me child of light;

I look, and, Lo, the earth and sea,

The sky's rejoicing height,

A woven glory, globed by thee,

Unknowing of thy might!

And

when thy darkling labours fail, And thy shuttle moveless lies,

My world will drop, like untied veil

From before a lady's eyes;

Or,

all night read, a finished tale That in the morning dies.

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