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 The import of that Paragraph
"The word made Flesh"
Had he the faintest intimation
Who broached it yesterday!
"Made flesh and dwelt among us
- -- -- --- -----
A word made Flesh is seldom


H ST14c - 14d


And tremblingly partook
Nor then perhaps reported?
But have I not mistook
Each one of us has tasted
With ecstasies of stealth
The very food debated
To our specific strength -

A word that breathes distinctly
Has not the power to die
Cohesive as the Spirit
It may expire of He -

"Made Flesh and dwelt among us
Could condescension be
Like this consent of Language
This loved Philology
Emily


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