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 Mark the wilds as lion shaketh, And the desert hearing quaketh, Preparation while he maketh That the heart with God be right: John, love's double wing devising, Earth on eagle plumes despising, To his and  uprising Soars away in purer light.

Symbols quadriform uniting They of are thus inditing; Quadriform His acts, which writing They produce before our eyes: Man,—Whose birth man's law obeyeth: Ox,—Whom victim's passion slayeth: Lion,—when on death He preyeth: Eagle,—soaring to the skies.

These the creature forms etherial Bound the Majesty imperial Seen by prophets; but material Difference 'twixt the visions springs: Wheels are rolling,—wings are flying,— Scripture lore this signifying;— Step with step, as wheels, complying, Contemplation by the wings.