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not quite so wise as Solomon.
Bless Jesus Christ, O Cardonessp, / With grateful, lifted eyes, / Who taught that not the soul alone, / But body too shall rise; / For had He said "the soul alone / From death I will deliver," / Alas, alas! O Cardoness, / Then hadst thou lain for ever.