Festus, a poem [by P.J. Bailey]. By P.J. Bailey |
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... sphere pierce more and more The obstructive dark of ignorance ; know, in fine, This age, ours, happier, amiabler than all Passed, in that God who witness lacks not ever His ways to vindicate, now breathes 'mong men More of his own ...
... sphere pierce more and more The obstructive dark of ignorance ; know, in fine, This age, ours, happier, amiabler than all Passed, in that God who witness lacks not ever His ways to vindicate, now breathes 'mong men More of his own ...
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... sphere pierce more and more The obstructive dark of ignorance ; know , in fine , This age , ours , happier , amiabler than all Passed , in that God who witness lacks not ever His ways to vindicate , now breathes ' mong men More of his ...
... sphere pierce more and more The obstructive dark of ignorance ; know , in fine , This age , ours , happier , amiabler than all Passed , in that God who witness lacks not ever His ways to vindicate , now breathes ' mong men More of his ...
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... sphere pierce more and more The obstructive dark of ignorance ; know , in fine , This age , ours , happier , amiabler than all Passed , in that God who witness lacks not ever His ways to vindicate , now breathes ' mong men More of his ...
... sphere pierce more and more The obstructive dark of ignorance ; know , in fine , This age , ours , happier , amiabler than all Passed , in that God who witness lacks not ever His ways to vindicate , now breathes ' mong men More of his ...
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Philip James Bailey. The nations sun themselves . In that bright sphere , Behold the mental creatures of the men Whose names are writ highest on the rounded crown Of fame's triumphal arch ; the shining shapes Which star the ... sphere, ...
Philip James Bailey. The nations sun themselves . In that bright sphere , Behold the mental creatures of the men Whose names are writ highest on the rounded crown Of fame's triumphal arch ; the shining shapes Which star the ... sphere, ...
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... sphere , complacent , eye Those unimagined heights , aërial , calm , Of tempests hidden , not touched ; so , once earth's creeds . Foul , foolish , or of mountainous falsity , Fled from the face of never mutable truth , One ...
... sphere , complacent , eye Those unimagined heights , aërial , calm , Of tempests hidden , not touched ; so , once earth's creeds . Foul , foolish , or of mountainous falsity , Fled from the face of never mutable truth , One ...
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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.