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Oh! what is man, great Maker of mankind!
That thou to him so great respect dost bear!
That thou adorn’st him with so bright a mind,
Mak’st him a king, and e’en an angel’s peer.
Oh, what a lively life, what heavenly power,
What spreading virtue, what a sparkling fire,
How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower
Dost thou within this dying flesh inspire.
Nor hast thou given these blessings for a day,
Nor made them on the body’s life depend:
The soul, though made in time, survives for aye;
And though it hath beginning, sees no end.
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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