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<h2> ANNUNCIATION </h2>
<p>I think in that far time when Gabriel came<br/>
And gave short speech to Mary sweet and wise,<br/>
That when the faint fear faded from her eyes,<br/>
And they were filled up with a sudden flame<br/>
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Of joy bewildering and wonderment;<br/>
With reverence the angel in her palm<br/>
Laid one white lily, dewy with the balm<br/>
Of the Lord’s garden; saying: “This is sent<br/>
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For thine espousal, thou the undefiled;<br/>
And it shall bloom till all be consummate.”<br/>
Lo, then he passed. She, musing where she sate,<br/>
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Felt all her being moved in manner wondrous mild;<br/>
Then, laying ‘gainst her bosom the white flower,<br/>
She bowed her head, and said, “It is God’s dower.”<br/></p>
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