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Page 119
... Never urchin found it yet . What is life ? A thawing iceboard On a sea with sunny shore : Gay we sail ; it melts beneath us ; We are sunk , and seen no more . What is man ? A foolish baby ; Vainly strives , and fights , and frets ...
... Never urchin found it yet . What is life ? A thawing iceboard On a sea with sunny shore : Gay we sail ; it melts beneath us ; We are sunk , and seen no more . What is man ? A foolish baby ; Vainly strives , and fights , and frets ...
Page 175
... never teach What unto themselves was taught . We are spirits clad in veils ; Man by man was never seen ; All our deep communing fails To remove the shadowy screen . Heart to heart was never known ; Mind with mind did never meet ; We are ...
... never teach What unto themselves was taught . We are spirits clad in veils ; Man by man was never seen ; All our deep communing fails To remove the shadowy screen . Heart to heart was never known ; Mind with mind did never meet ; We are ...
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... never ranged ; For though he changed his horses there , His love he never changed . He thought her fairest of all fares , So fondly love prefers ; And often , among twelve outsides , Deemed no outside like hers . One day , as she was ...
... never ranged ; For though he changed his horses there , His love he never changed . He thought her fairest of all fares , So fondly love prefers ; And often , among twelve outsides , Deemed no outside like hers . One day , as she was ...
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Gray | xxxviii |
Effort the Gauge of Greatness | xxxix |
As Slow our Ship | xl |
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