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/ page 584 of 1205 /The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
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Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.
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A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
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To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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the pomp Of pain swells like the Indies, or a plum
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The end of man is knowledge but there's one thing he can't know. He can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill him. He will be killed, all right, but he can't know whether he is killed because of the knowledge which he has got or because of the knowledge which he hasn't got and which if he had it would save him.
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So little time we live in Time, And we learn all so painfully, That we may spare this hour's term To practice for Eternity.
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Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals. . . must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther.
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And while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return.
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My God, my life, my love, To Thee, to Thee I call; I cannot live if Thou remove, For Thou art all in all.
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For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.
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Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine,...
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Whatever brawls disturb the street There should be peace at home.
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Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream,...
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When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.
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Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, And Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.
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Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
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You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.
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After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.
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