"Where is that fire which once descended On thy Apostles? thou didst then Keep open house, richly attended, Feasting all comers by twelve chosen men. […]The sun, which once did shine alone, Hung down his head, and wish'd for night, When he beheld twelve suns for one Going about the world and giving light."
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George Herbert, "Whitsunday", in The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (1633). London: Pickering, 1838, p. 53
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