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I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Angel Beautiful Earth Walk World
Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.
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Cry Grief Heaven Lying
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Body Hands Life Thinking
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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Curiosity Follow Wonder World
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world’s well beaten ways.
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Leadership Love Mountain Myself Thinking Well World
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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Crown Forever Goodness Grace Heart Humanity Life Love Principle Right Soul Truth
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Elegant Empty Language Production

Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.

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