Wife, parent, child, be missed, off mercy leaves

With stars for eyes, to search the darks of earth.

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ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL IN ROME

This temple is soul-startling. 'Tis to me

A thunder storm in stone, with Sinai flare

Across the Ages. 'Tis the Fiend's despair

And the Arch-angel's Triumph. It sets free

The mind and soul with certitude, Christ's key

Which, like the Sun, opes Heaven—the Good and Fair.