Festus, a poem [by P.J. Bailey]. By P.J. Bailey |
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... O'er azure deeps , gold rippled , -many a year Splendidly toiling , his mysterious shell , Born of himself , a life - long miracle , gifts , Daily , with goodlier dyes and tenderer hues ; In bulk , in beauty vastening aye ; he , now ...
... O'er azure deeps , gold rippled , -many a year Splendidly toiling , his mysterious shell , Born of himself , a life - long miracle , gifts , Daily , with goodlier dyes and tenderer hues ; In bulk , in beauty vastening aye ; he , now ...
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... o'er heaven , the harmless flash looms wide , With faint , far fulminings , and we learn , all day We have breathed invisible lightnings , and our breasts Arched on unvolumed thunder ; so , once taught Clearly in spirit , to realise our ...
... o'er heaven , the harmless flash looms wide , With faint , far fulminings , and we learn , all day We have breathed invisible lightnings , and our breasts Arched on unvolumed thunder ; so , once taught Clearly in spirit , to realise our ...
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... o'er temptation ; what To fall before it ; how the young spirit faints ; The virgin tremor , the heart's ebb and flow , When first some vast temptation calmly comes And states itself before the unequal soul , For conflict not prepared ...
... o'er temptation ; what To fall before it ; how the young spirit faints ; The virgin tremor , the heart's ebb and flow , When first some vast temptation calmly comes And states itself before the unequal soul , For conflict not prepared ...
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... o'er the world Whose end I fix , prepare to have it judged . Angel of Earth . Lord ! let me not then have watched o'er it in vain . From age to age I have hoped , from hour to hour It would better grow , grow holier ; hope so still ...
... o'er the world Whose end I fix , prepare to have it judged . Angel of Earth . Lord ! let me not then have watched o'er it in vain . From age to age I have hoped , from hour to hour It would better grow , grow holier ; hope so still ...
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... o'er the morning traveller's walk , shall pass Annihilate , and for ever . For behold ! His oath uncancellable on heaven's altar rests ; The whole shall end . All matter , erst conceived Of God the eternal , and the virgin void , The ...
... o'er the morning traveller's walk , shall pass Annihilate , and for ever . For behold ! His oath uncancellable on heaven's altar rests ; The whole shall end . All matter , erst conceived Of God the eternal , and the virgin void , The ...
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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.