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And how am I to face the odds of man's bedevilment and God's? I a stranger and afraid in a world I never made.

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The loveliest of trees the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough and stands about the woodland ride wearing white for Eastertide.

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You smile upon your friend to-day,To-day his ills are over;You hearken to the lover's say,And happy is the lover.'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, ...more

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Be still, my soul, be still; the arms you bear are brittle,Earth and high heaven are fixt of old and founded strong.Think rather,--call to thought, if...more

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Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,But young men think it is, and we were young.