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... wept , sweet voices whispered , how Gladly we'll meet , long ere hath fled One Hundred Years from Now . ' Tis Nature's law - then why repine That man should tread a thorny way ? The hopes that now thus darkly shine , Shall yet break out ...
... wept , sweet voices whispered , how Gladly we'll meet , long ere hath fled One Hundred Years from Now . ' Tis Nature's law - then why repine That man should tread a thorny way ? The hopes that now thus darkly shine , Shall yet break out ...
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... wept ; My brother ! I saw thee , and thou didst seem Like nought of earth - a shadowy , pleasing dream- A voiceless vision , beckoning me away To skiey fields , where love's pure fountain flows ' Mid landscapes , sunned by an unclouded ...
... wept ; My brother ! I saw thee , and thou didst seem Like nought of earth - a shadowy , pleasing dream- A voiceless vision , beckoning me away To skiey fields , where love's pure fountain flows ' Mid landscapes , sunned by an unclouded ...
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... wept alone ? O , suffering Saviour ! let me be Patient , when crowding cares invade ; Resigned , when earthly blessings flee , And grateful while enjoyments fade : Thou wast rejected ! -Son of God ! Near to 28 THE POEMS OF Christ Rejected.
... wept alone ? O , suffering Saviour ! let me be Patient , when crowding cares invade ; Resigned , when earthly blessings flee , And grateful while enjoyments fade : Thou wast rejected ! -Son of God ! Near to 28 THE POEMS OF Christ Rejected.
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... wept o'er blighted hopes - but thou didst draw , A willing captive , my admiring soul With thee , to brighter regions , where the dream Of glad fruition lives , nor is unreal . I feared Death - but thou didst deck the foe In lovely garb ...
... wept o'er blighted hopes - but thou didst draw , A willing captive , my admiring soul With thee , to brighter regions , where the dream Of glad fruition lives , nor is unreal . I feared Death - but thou didst deck the foe In lovely garb ...
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... wept , and long I wept ; yet not for those Dear innocents - who fed the funeral pyre ; For them , escaped from earth and earth - born woes , Their spirits wafted on one car of fire , Why should I weep ? No , ' twas the shivering child ...
... wept , and long I wept ; yet not for those Dear innocents - who fed the funeral pyre ; For them , escaped from earth and earth - born woes , Their spirits wafted on one car of fire , Why should I weep ? No , ' twas the shivering child ...
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