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 And in safety tell their battles And their foes' discomfiture.

Freed from every stain of evil, All their carnal wars are done, For the flesh to spirit turnéd And the soul agree in one, Peace unbroken spreads injoyment, Sin and scandal are unknown.

Stript of changefulness, united To primæval being's spring, And the present form and essence Of the Truth contemplating, Lo! they quaff the vital sweetness Of the well of quickening.

Thence departing, aye in sameness They their lofty state ingage, Beauteous, keen, and gay, and noble, Unexposed to chance's rage; Health is theirs untouched by sickness, Endless youth unmarred by age.

Here they live in endless being, Passingness has passed away, Here they bloom, they thrive, they flourish, For decayed is all decay,