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PURIFICATION by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: FROM FLAME TO SNOW
Last Line: WHEREVER HE MAY GO.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
From flame to snow -- E'en so
Must all perfection flow.
Each pure desire
Is fledged with fire
And needs must grow
From dark to light,
Till, passion past,
Transfigured in its flight,
It stand at last
Unblushing on the topmost height
With sister souls in white,
To follow still the Lamb
Wherever He may go.



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