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When the dove, ransomed Babe Simeon pressed To his adoring heart, a mother stood, Holding a kindred babe, as tenderly carreseed, A fair and noble child, his brows imbued With wondrous grace, reflected haloes glowed Encircling them, caught from th' Divinest Source, In the meek Virgin's arms----Then did the man of God Proclaim him Prophet of the most high! his course Presanctified with power and spirit to enforce.