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 57. Transfiguration  "They glorified God in me."

   I SAW thee once and nought discern'd For stranger to admire; A serious aspect, but it burn'd With no unearthly fire.  Again I saw, and I confess'd Thy speech was rare and high; And yet it vex'd my burden'd breast, And scared, I knew not why.  I saw once more, and awe-struck gazed On face, and form, and air; God's living glory round thee blazed A Saint a Saint was there!  Off Zante .  January 8, 1833.