John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Epes Sargent. (1813–1881) (continued) |
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When the night-wind bewaileth the fall of the year, And sweeps from the forest the leaves that are sere; I wake from my slumber and list to the roar And it saith to my spirit, “No more, never more!” |
When the Night-wind bewaileth. |
Christopher Pearse Cranch. (1813–1892) |
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Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought; Souls to souls can never teach What unto themselves was taught. |
Stanzas. |
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We are spirits clad in veils; Man by man was never seen; All our deep communing fails To remove the shadowy screen. |
Stanzas. |
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No night so wild but brings the constant sun With love and power untold; No time so dark but through its woof there run Some blessed threads of gold. |
Oh Love supreme. |
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O Light divine! we need no fuller test That all is ordered well; We know enough to trust that all is best Where Love and Wisdom dwell. |
Oh Love supreme. |
Joseph Edwards Carpenter. (1813– ?) |
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What are the wild waves saying, Sister, the whole day long, That ever amid our playing I hear but their low, lone song? |
What are the wild Waves saying? |