Ah, Christ, that it were possible, For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSONThe old order changes yielding place to new.
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Trust me not at all, or all in all.
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My doom is, I love thee still. Let no man dream but that I love thee still.
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Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
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There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass.
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As love, if love be perfect, casts out fear, so hate, if hate be perfect, casts out fear.
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Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.
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I can’t sleep without knowing there’s hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips… the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.
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If I had a flower for every time I thought of you. I could walk through my garden forever.
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Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.
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The voice of the dead was a living voice to me.
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I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
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God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.
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Who is wise in love, love most, say least.
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Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.
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A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
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