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Rh And multiply a race of worshipers Holy and just; thrice happy if they know Their happiness, and persevere upright!'
 * "So sung they, and the Empyrean rung

With Hallelujahs; thus was Sabbath kept. And thy request think now fulfilled, that asked How first this World and face of things began, And what before thy memory was done From the beginning, that posterity Informed by thee might know. If else thou seekest Aught, not surpassing human measure, say."