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Rh The erring painter made Love blind,—

Highest Love who shines on all;

Him, radiant, sharpest-sighted god,

None can bewilder;

Whose eyes pierce

The universe,

Path-finder, road-builder,

Mediator, royal giver;

Rightly seeing, rightly seen,

Of joyful and transparent mien.

'Tis a sparkle passing

From each to each, from thee to me,

To and fro perpetually;

Sharing all, daring all,

Levelling, displacing

Each obstruction, it unites

Equals remote, and seeming opposites.

And ever and forever Love

Delights to build a road:

Unheeded Danger near him strides,

Love laughs, and on a lion rides.