Festus, a poem [by P.J. Bailey]. By P.J. Bailey |
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... soul's Perfective fall ; terrestrial tests ; re-rise ; And the premortal concords of pure mind, Made, and creative, show, at last resumed. True fiction hath a higher end, and scope Wider, than fact: it is nature's possible, Contrasted ...
... soul's Perfective fall ; terrestrial tests ; re-rise ; And the premortal concords of pure mind, Made, and creative, show, at last resumed. True fiction hath a higher end, and scope Wider, than fact: it is nature's possible, Contrasted ...
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... 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 free - will whose will is fate ...
... 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 free - will whose will is fate ...
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... souls Of ages passed , their self - conditioned doom Fulfilling , hear , ye heavenly , on earth's end , And man's , my judgment . Mark this mortal soul , Many a long lustre working out his own Election , with success most variable , As ...
... souls Of ages passed , their self - conditioned doom Fulfilling , hear , ye heavenly , on earth's end , And man's , my judgment . Mark this mortal soul , Many a long lustre working out his own Election , with success most variable , As ...
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... soul was kindled , Lord , and given To me through every age of world - life gone , To guard and guide ; the while by spheral strains Amidst heaven's depths hailed , we both at thy feet fell In worship ? joy of joys , now , e'er assured ...
... soul was kindled , Lord , and given To me through every age of world - life gone , To guard and guide ; the while by spheral strains Amidst heaven's depths hailed , we both at thy feet fell In worship ? joy of joys , now , e'er assured ...
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... soul Fiend - threatened ; nor permit him , who presides O'er hell's eternal holocaust , too far To tempt or tamper with man's mutable heart . God . My mercy doth all outstretch the universe . Shall it suffice not for one soul ? Lucifer ...
... soul Fiend - threatened ; nor permit him , who presides O'er hell's eternal holocaust , too far To tempt or tamper with man's mutable heart . God . My mercy doth all outstretch the universe . Shall it suffice not for one soul ? Lucifer ...
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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.