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—Henry Harbaugh(1817-1867)—
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High
in heaven — His loom below.
Up and down the
treadles go:
Takes for warp the world’s long ages,
Takes for woof its kings and
sages,
Takes the nobles and their
pages,
Takes all stations and all
stages.
Thrones are
bobbins in His shuttle;
Armies make them
scud and scuttle.
Woof into the warp
must flow;
Up and down the
nations go;
As the Weaver wills they go.
Throw His shuttle
to and fro;
’Mid the noise and wild
confusion,
Well the Weaver seems to know
What each motion —
And commotion,
What each fusion —
And confusion,
In the grand result will show .
. .
Glorious wonder! What a weaving!
To the dull beyond believing!
Such no fabled
ages know.
Only faith can see the mystery,
How, along the aisle of History
Where the feet of
sages go,
Loveliest to the purest eyes,
Grand the mystic tapet** lies!
Soft and smooth and
even-spreading,
As if made for angels’ treading;
Tufted circles touching ever,
Inwrought beauties fading never;
Every figure has
its plaidings,
Brighter form and softer
shadings;
Each illumined — what a riddle!
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From a Cross that gems the
middle.
’Tis a saying — some reject it
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That its light is all reflected;
That the tapet’s hues are given
By a Sun that shines in Heaven!
’Tis believed, by all believing,
That great God Himself is
weaving!
Bringing out the world’s dark
mystery
In the light of faith and
History;
And as warp and woof diminish
Comes the grand and glorious
finish —
When begin the golden ages,
Long foretold by seers and
sages.
* adapted
** decorative
wall-hanging
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