Chapter 1

25. Thou wast long seeking Me; thou didst run forward so fast that I was unable to come up with thee. O thou darling fool! what bitterness thou didst crown thy days withal.
    26. Now I am with thee; I will never leave thy being.
    27. For I am the soft sinuous one entwined about thee, heart of gold!
    28. My head is jewelled with twelve stars; My body is white as milk of the stars; it is bright with the blue of the abyss of stars invisible.
    29. I have found that which could not be found; I have found a vessel of quicksilver.
    30. Thou shalt instruct thy servant in his ways, thou shalt speak often with him.
    31. (The scribe looketh upwards and crieth) Amen! Thou hast spoken it, Lord God!

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