Festus, a poem [by P.J. Bailey]. By P.J. Bailey |
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... live , Divine , with God ; bear witness all , that not More surely bliss with godliness dwells and ones , Than that , even spite of sin , man's purblind race Might , and they would , with you , while awed and raised , Recognise in ...
... live , Divine , with God ; bear witness all , that not More surely bliss with godliness dwells and ones , Than that , even spite of sin , man's purblind race Might , and they would , with you , while awed and raised , Recognise in ...
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... live within a death - bound circle , and be That dark point where the shades of all things round Meet , mix , and deepen . All things show to me Their dark sides . Somewhere must be truth - light . Where ?断 Oh ! I feel like to a seed ...
... live within a death - bound circle , and be That dark point where the shades of all things round Meet , mix , and deepen . All things show to me Their dark sides . Somewhere must be truth - light . Where ?断 Oh ! I feel like to a seed ...
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... live , but how . For as the parts of one manhood , while here , We live in every age ; we think , and feel , And feed upon the coming and the gone As much as on the now time . Man is one , And he hath one great heart . It is thus we ...
... live , but how . For as the parts of one manhood , while here , We live in every age ; we think , and feel , And feed upon the coming and the gone As much as on the now time . Man is one , And he hath one great heart . It is thus we ...
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... live is in a dark cold cavern , Spirit , Where I wander up and down , feeling for something , Which is to be - and must be - what I know not ; But the incarnation of my destiny Is nigh . Lucifer . It is thy fate which weighs upon thee ...
... live is in a dark cold cavern , Spirit , Where I wander up and down , feeling for something , Which is to be - and must be - what I know not ; But the incarnation of my destiny Is nigh . Lucifer . It is thy fate which weighs upon thee ...
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... live With these world - shadowing skies life's primal form , Life's final , like compeer , shall woeful hail Woe's abrogation ; for if God saith - threat To me , to all else promise - let all woe Cease , cease I too with woe ; my total ...
... live With these world - shadowing skies life's primal form , Life's final , like compeer , shall woeful hail Woe's abrogation ; for if God saith - threat To me , to all else promise - let all woe Cease , cease I too with woe ; my total ...
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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.