THE SHIP
Glory and worship be to Thee,
Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree!
ist Semé-chorus.
Glory to Thee from gilded tomb !
Glory to Thee from waiting womb !
2nd Semi-chorus.
Glory to Thee from virgin vowed !
Glory to Thee from earth unploughed !
1st Semi-chorus.
Glory to Thee, true Unity
Of the eternal Trinity!
2nd Semi-chorus.
Glory to Thee, thou sire and dam
And self of I am that I am!
1st Semt-chorus.
Glory to Thee, beyond all term,
Thy spring of sperm, thy seed and germ!
2nd Semt-chorus.
Glory to Thee, eternal Sun,
Thou One in Three, thou Three in One!
Chorus. Glory and worship be to Thee,
Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree!
[He raises his hands to the shrine, and opens it. A rosy
light stveams thence and fills the holy place, while the
white Dove that was enshrined therein descends upon his
head. The tree blossoms into leat, flower, and fruit.
(The curtain falls.)
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