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fi ; Their minds could not to the cares of the wicked world  
_: . return,  
  r Where there’s conceit, selfishness and non-sociability,  
  . Keeping pace with the fast growing wickedness of this  
. in world.  
  .` Yes, ’tis growing deeper in the hearts of unchristian  
E j men.  
E p From the iiinty, never heeding and worldly consciences E?
  » there’s no response. r -§
  ’ . While ’tis the intoxicating mankiller who does much  
y evil, z  
T   ·j ’Tis not him alone, for, hand in hand, move he and im-  
  .` A r. moral knowledge. S
{ — Further in was seen a diamond-shaped chair,
Q Bestrewn with roses red and blue. ·
E Engraved thereon a sea of knowledge wide and deep.
y Sitting by them a memento of temptations in yon
V mighty valley.
. · Long, deep, wicked and worldly cared.
. But they are now o’er the long yearned for, universally
  T dreaded Styx.
. . 1 . , And in pleasure untold, which falleth as the gentle rain
.   from heaven upon the spot beneath.
_ . l They are twice rewarded.
. For ’tis for merit and ’tis in supremacy
- ` That ye sit, Paul, Peter and John.
Oh, melting to my heart, is the virtue of thine eye.
Sitting surrounded by generations innumerable-
t Thou lookest not half as thou art great and virtuous,
. » Thy wisdom is to Solomon’s, like unto the shadows
E Of the unpretending great, to that of the arrogant little.
` In thy throne of grandeur thou sitt’st alone,
Unenvied and uncoveted
By all of heaven’s mighty host. e
V Forever rule, most virtuous queen,
Ye, the mother of Christ; our Virgin Mary .
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