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58 wonderful you are: why should I be afraid of you in the light? But tell me, can you see me in the dark?

Yes, I can.

What do you see?

I see that the darkness of the infinite heavens, whirled into life and being by the power of my love, has drawn the light of a myriad stars into itself, and incarnated itself in a form of flesh and blood. And in that form, what aeons of thought and striving, untold yearnings of limitless skies, the countless gifts of unnumbered seasons!

Am I so wonderful, so beautiful? When I hear you speak so, my heart