| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1603. Infinity |
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| I DARE not think that thou art by, to stand | |
| And face omnipotence so near at hand! | |
| When I consider thee, how must I shrink; | |
| How must I say, I do not understand, | |
| I dare not think! | 5 |
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| I cannot stand before the thought of thee, | |
| Infinite Fulness of Eternity! | |
| So close that all the outlines of the land | |
| Are lost,—in the inflowing of thy sea | |
| I cannot stand. | 10 |
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| I think of thee, and as the crystal bowl | |
| Is broken, and the waters of the soul | |
| Go down to death within the crystal sea, | |
| I faint and fail when (thou, the perfect whole) | |
| I think of thee. | 15 |
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