Art thou a type of beauty, or of power, Of sweet enjoyment, or disastrous sin? For each thy name denoteth, Passion flower! O no! thy pure corolla's d… - Aubrey De Vere

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Art thou a type of beauty, or of power, Of sweet enjoyment, or disastrous sin?
For each thy name denoteth, Passion flower! O no! thy pure corolla's depth within
We trace a holier symbol; yea, a sign 'Twixt God and man; a record of that hour
When the expiatory act divine Cancelled that curse which was our mortal dower.
It is the Cross!