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58 "Just a moment more," I faltered,

"And her soul will lie before me

Unconcealed

And full revealed."

On that instant there swept o'er me

In a flood-tide as I paltered,

Wave on wave of bitter leaven,

And I seemed to hear God crying

Then and there,

"Oh, beware!

Hold thee from thy rash espying.

These are border lands of Heaven,

And my angels at their portals,

With veiled eyes and hidden faces,

And my hosts

At their posts,

Know that these are sacred places,