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... mighty of the earth Seek to eternize ! Oh ! the faintest sound From time's light foot - fall , the minutest wave That swells the flood of ages , whelms in nothing The unsubstantial bubble . Aye ! to - day Stern is the tyrant's mandate ...
... mighty of the earth Seek to eternize ! Oh ! the faintest sound From time's light foot - fall , the minutest wave That swells the flood of ages , whelms in nothing The unsubstantial bubble . Aye ! to - day Stern is the tyrant's mandate ...
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... mighty spheres Whose changeless paths through Heaven's deep Soul of that smallest being , [ silence lie ; The dwelling of whose life Is one faint April sun - gleam ; - Man , like these passive things , Thy will unconsciously fulfilleth ...
... mighty spheres Whose changeless paths through Heaven's deep Soul of that smallest being , [ silence lie ; The dwelling of whose life Is one faint April sun - gleam ; - Man , like these passive things , Thy will unconsciously fulfilleth ...
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... mighty spheres that gem infinity Were only specks of tinsel , fixed in heaven To light the midnights of his native town ! Yet every heart contains perfection's germ : The wisest of the sages of the earth , Blighting all prospect but of ...
... mighty spheres that gem infinity Were only specks of tinsel , fixed in heaven To light the midnights of his native town ! Yet every heart contains perfection's germ : The wisest of the sages of the earth , Blighting all prospect but of ...
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... mighty boon ; The truths which wisest poets see Dimly , thy mind may make its own , Rewarding its own majesty , Entranced in some diviner mood Of self - oblivious solitude . Custom and faith and power thou spurnest , From hate and fear ...
... mighty boon ; The truths which wisest poets see Dimly , thy mind may make its own , Rewarding its own majesty , Entranced in some diviner mood Of self - oblivious solitude . Custom and faith and power thou spurnest , From hate and fear ...
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... mighty Shadow loves The slimy caverns of the populous deep . The day was fair and sunny : sea and sky Drank its inspiring radiance , and the wind Swept strongly from the shore , blackening the waves . Following his eager soul , the ...
... mighty Shadow loves The slimy caverns of the populous deep . The day was fair and sunny : sea and sky Drank its inspiring radiance , and the wind Swept strongly from the shore , blackening the waves . Following his eager soul , the ...
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