35. Nunc Dimittis

There is a great past behind us, and the future as great is in front .

N UNC D IMITTIS

How perfect is the peace of him
 Whose work in life is done,
And space remains to count the gains
 Of some high course outrun;
Who looking back on his past track
 Can proudly lift his head
And truly claim for every aim—
 This is consummated.
In spite of our dreaming and our seeming, we have begun to touch the reality in this life, because the sacramental body of man is the sum of all physical perfection which it is possible for us here to conceive .
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