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... silent pilgrims yonder wending through the silent skies . Even thus amid the darkness , and the winds , the waves , the storm , Of my sin - sick soul , I pass'd one evening by an angel form . She had seen me sadly smile upon some ...
... silent pilgrims yonder wending through the silent skies . Even thus amid the darkness , and the winds , the waves , the storm , Of my sin - sick soul , I pass'd one evening by an angel form . She had seen me sadly smile upon some ...
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... silent cross . Brother , brother , canst thou wonder that , when peace began to brood Over those wild troubled waters of my spirit's solitude , I should turn and bless the angel who had shown that light divine ? Blessing , see her ...
... silent cross . Brother , brother , canst thou wonder that , when peace began to brood Over those wild troubled waters of my spirit's solitude , I should turn and bless the angel who had shown that light divine ? Blessing , see her ...
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... silent as the stars that love us in their voiceless spheres . Thus far only - she was ever , as she wander'd by my side , Like a rill of spirit - music flowing with ethereal tide Through my heart of hearts , and chasing all the discords ...
... silent as the stars that love us in their voiceless spheres . Thus far only - she was ever , as she wander'd by my side , Like a rill of spirit - music flowing with ethereal tide Through my heart of hearts , and chasing all the discords ...
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... silent rapture praised as language could not praise : But beneath my eye her beauty grew to deepness more intense , All that could be earthly melting into heavenlier innocence . Sleep hath eyes - and silence hears strange sounds at ...
... silent rapture praised as language could not praise : But beneath my eye her beauty grew to deepness more intense , All that could be earthly melting into heavenlier innocence . Sleep hath eyes - and silence hears strange sounds at ...
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... silence , and I cried in passionate tones , " Am I dreaming ? oh , beloved , gaze I on thee there awake ? " Wherefore weepest thou ? Speak - speak , for soon this bursting heart will break ! " Hast thou left me then for ever , here 20 ...
... silence , and I cried in passionate tones , " Am I dreaming ? oh , beloved , gaze I on thee there awake ? " Wherefore weepest thou ? Speak - speak , for soon this bursting heart will break ! " Hast thou left me then for ever , here 20 ...
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Page 253 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 294 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.