Festus, a poem [by P.J. Bailey]. By P.J. Bailey |
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... infinite wisdom when he freed Soul , should soul's choice foresee needs all must judge ; While such preview infallible , act nor thought Of ours irremediable implies . Who views Reverently God's nature in itself , will own He only hath ...
... infinite wisdom when he freed Soul , should soul's choice foresee needs all must judge ; While such preview infallible , act nor thought Of ours irremediable implies . Who views Reverently God's nature in itself , will own He only hath ...
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... infinite angle , he thenceforth Acting unanswerably , -and thus confounds The law of being with doing , deepliest errs . Laws there are twain man serves : the law of law , Race , custom , creed , time , conscience , circumstance ...
... infinite angle , he thenceforth Acting unanswerably , -and thus confounds The law of being with doing , deepliest errs . Laws there are twain man serves : the law of law , Race , custom , creed , time , conscience , circumstance ...
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... infinite by making all in him . Our thoughts are bounded but by the infinite . What comes before and after the great world , Deep in light's secretest abyss , and life's Immensity most reserved , is ours to muse , Not to declare ; where ...
... infinite by making all in him . Our thoughts are bounded but by the infinite . What comes before and after the great world , Deep in light's secretest abyss , and life's Immensity most reserved , is ours to muse , Not to declare ; where ...
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... infinite God World destinative . Evil , all tempting , man Maligned , God vindicates himself , and prove Earth bettering through all ages , best the last : Ill's double attack permits , and names the strife Testful of evil and good that ...
... infinite God World destinative . Evil , all tempting , man Maligned , God vindicates himself , and prove Earth bettering through all ages , best the last : Ill's double attack permits , and names the strife Testful of evil and good that ...
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Philip James Bailey. Cherubim . Below thine infinite eye ; Years on years , And all appears Save God , to die . As sun and star , How high or far , Show but a boundless sky , So creature mind Is all confined To show thee , God most high ...
Philip James Bailey. Cherubim . Below thine infinite eye ; Years on years , And all appears Save God , to die . As sun and star , How high or far , Show but a boundless sky , So creature mind Is all confined To show thee , God most high ...
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Page 58 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.