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A PRESENCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING

First Line: WHEN THE DEPARTING, GREAT SUN STANDS
Last Line: LIKE HIDDEN TRUMPETS, ANSWERING DRUMS.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
When the departing, great sun stands
And plants, on the last hill, his feet,
He comes; likewise to morning lands,
Or down a dim and crowded street.

To-day I knew that ecstasy;
A soaring light was all my blood,
And, in me, voices, like the sea,
Shouted and my heart understood.

To-day He smote earth with the flame,
That clothes His presence when He comes
And earth grew vibrant with His name,
Like hidden trumpets, answering drums.



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