I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.
BAYARD TAYLORAlthough Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.
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With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies: Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries, Bidding her earliest child arise; March!
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He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
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Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.
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Pens carry further than rifled cannon.
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But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.
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Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth’s prolific lap.
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By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.
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And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of ‘creature comforts,’ a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.
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The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.
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Fame is what you have taken, / Character’s what you give; / When to this truth you waken, / Then you begin to live.
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The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.
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London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy’s bonfire spread.
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