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"`Lord, thou hast here thy ninety and nine: Are they not enough for thee? But the Shepherd made answer: `This of mine Has wandered away from me; And although the road be rough and steep, I go to the desert to find my sheep. "And all through the mountains, thunder-riven, And up from the rocky steep, There rose a cry to the gate of heaven, `Rejoice!
We quote by way of curiosity a sentence from the Sartor Resartus; which may be read either backwards or forwards, for it is equally intelligible either way: indeed, by beginning at the tail, and so working up to the head, we think the reader will stand the fairest chance of getting at its meaning: 'The fire-baptized soul, long so scathed and thunder-riven, here feels its own freedom; which feeling is its Baphometic baptism: the citadel of its whole kingdom it has thus gained by assault, and will keep inexpugnable; outwards from which the remaining dominions, not indeed without hard battering, will doubtless by degrees be conquered and pacificated. Here is a"... Sun Newspaper, 1st April, 1834.
There was a throbbing pathos in the intonation, and the verse floated over the weeping throng; when, after a pause, the strain was taken up triumphantly: "But all through the mountains thunder-riven, And up from the rocky steep, There rose a cry to the gates of heaven, 'Rejoice! I have found my sheep! And the angels echoed around the throne, 'Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own!"
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