Who lately in thy presence would have licked the dust.”
Reflections from the spirit are the tongue, the eye, the ear.
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E’en as the soul’s reflection on the body acts,
Reflection from th’ inspiring saints my soul impacts.
When my soul’s life shall quit my soul, alack-a-day!
My soul shall lifeless be, like mortal soulless clay.
’Tis therefore that I cast myself down in the dust,
That earth may witness bear for me before th’ All-Just.
In day of judgment, “when the earth shall quake with fear,”[355]