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48<br />
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The<br />
Chapter known as<br />
The Twelvefold Bewilderment of God<br />
and the Unity thereof<br />
s s s s s I s s s s s<br />
s s s s s adore s s s s s<br />
s s s s Thee by the s s s s<br />
s s s s Twelve Bewilderments s s s s<br />
s s s s and by the Unity thereof s s s s<br />
1. O what art Thou, O God my God, Thou snow-browed<br />
storm that art whirled up in clouds of flame?<br />
O Thou red sword of the thunder!<br />
Thou great blue river of ever-flowing Brightness, over<br />
whose breasts creep the star-bannered vessels of night!<br />
O how can I plunge within Thine inscrutable depths, and yet<br />
with open eye be lost in the pearly foam of Thine Oblivion.<br />
2. O what art Thou, O God my God, Thou eternal incarnating<br />
immortal One?<br />
O Thou welder of life and death!<br />
Thou whose breasts are as the full breasts of a mother, yet<br />
in Thy hand Thou carriest the sword of destruction!<br />
O how can I cleave the shield of Thy might as a little<br />
wanton child may burst a floating bbble with the breathfeather<br />
of a dove.<br />
3. O what art Thou, O God my God, Thou mighty worker<br />
laden with the dust of toil?<br />
O Thou little ant of the earth!<br />
Thou great monster who infuriatest the seas, and by their<br />
vigour wearest down the strength of the cliffs!
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