As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTHContinuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch’d in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
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He spake of love, such love as spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure; No fears to beat away, no strife to heal,- The past unsighed for, and the future sure.
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How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
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Thought and theory must precede all action, that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
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Type of the wise who soar but never roam, True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
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The ocean is a mighty harmonist.
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In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought.
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Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
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Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows Like harmony in music; there is a dark Inscrutable workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, makes them cling together In one society.
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Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
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Faith is a passionate intuition.
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Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
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Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.
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Shalt show us how divine a thing A woman may be made.
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How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.
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Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
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