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IN Paradise while moonbeams play'd,
Jehovah found, in slumber deep, Adam fast sunk; He gently laid
Eve near him, -- she, too, fell asleep. There lay they now, on earth's fair shrine, God's two most beauteous thoughts divine. -- When this He saw, He cried: -- 'Tis Good! ! ! And scarce could move from where He stood.
No wonder, that our joy's complete While eye and eye responsive meet, When this blest thought of rapture moves us -- That we're with Him who truly loves us, And if He cries: -- Good, let it be! 'Tis so for both, it seems to me. Thou'rt clasp'd within these arms of mine, Dearest of all God's thoughts divine!