The perfect world by Adam trod
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The perfect world by Adam trodWas the first temple built by God;His fiat laid the corner-stone,And raised its pillars one by one.
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He hung its starry roof on high—The broad expanse of azure sky;He spread its pavement, green and bright,And curtained it with morning light.
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The mountains in their places stood,The sea, the sky, and all—"was good."And when its first pure praises rang,The "morning stars together sang."
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Lord, 't is not ours to make the seaAnd earth and sky a house for thee;But in thy sight our offering stands,—An humbler temple, "made with hands."