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"I do beseech thee, God, show me thy face. " / "Come up to me in Sinai on the morn! / Thou shall behold as much as may be borne. " / And on a rock stood Moses, lone in space. / From Sinai's top, the vaporous, thunderous place, / God passed in cloud, an earthy garment worn / To hide, and thus reveal. In love, not scorn, / He put him in a clift of the rock's base, / Covered him with his hand, his eyes to screen -- / Passed -- lifted it: his back alone appears! / Ah, Moses, had he turned, and hadst thou seen / The pale face crowned with thorns, baptized with tears, / The eyes of the true man, by men belied, / Thou hadst beheld God's face, and straightway died!