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I know I am–that simplest bliss The millions of my brothers miss. I know the fortune to be born, Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.

Bayard Taylor

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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Experience Heart Men
The stream from Wisdom’s well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
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Streams Wells Wisdom
Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses
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Granted Kissing Stolen
Labor, you know, is prayer.
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Know Labor Prayer
In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.
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Afar Emotion Soil
I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.
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Love Old Shall You
The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.
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Half Repentance Sin
But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.
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Childhood Children Dream
Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
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Men Opportunity Wise
The clouds are scudding across the moon, A misty light is on the sea; The wind in the shrouds has a wintry tune, And the foam is flying free.
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Clouds Light Moon
To Truth’s house there is a single door, which is experience.
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Doors Experience House
From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.
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Desire Fire Wind
I know I am–that simplest bliss The millions of my brothers miss. I know the fortune to be born, Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.
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Bliss Brother Missing
Alone each heart must cover up its dead; Alone, through bitter toil, achieve its rest.
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Heart Solitude
By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.
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Rich Wealth Wisdom
We follow and race In shifting chase, Over the boundless ocean-space! Who hath beheld when the race begun? Who shall behold it run?
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Ocean Running Space

I know I am–that simplest bliss The millions of my brothers miss. I know the fortune to be born, Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.

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