Now had the great Proclaimer, with a voice
More awful than the sound of trumpet, cried
Repentance, and heaven’s kingdom nigh at hand
To all baptized: to his great baptism flocked
From Nazareth the son of Joseph deemed
To the flood Jordan, came, as then obscure,
Unmarked, unknown; but him the Baptist soon
Descried, divinely warned, and witness bore
As to his worthier, and would have resigned
To him his heavenly office, nor was long
His witness unconfirmed: on him baptized
Heaven opened, and in likeness of a dove
The Spirit descended, while the Father’s voice
From heaven pronounced him his beloved Son.
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