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THE ALTAR OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
And the starshine of midnight that covered Arabia with
light as a robe
Waxed fiery with utterance that hovered and flamed
through the whirlwind on Job.
And prophet to prophet and vision to vision made
answer sublime,
Till the valley of doom and decision was merged in the
tides of time.
III
As the star of the sundawn bright,
As the heart of the sea's hymn deep,
And sweet as the balm of sleep,
Arose on the world a light
Too pure for the skies to keep.
With music sweeter and stranger than heaven had heard
When the dark east thrilled with light from a saviour's
word
