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To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

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We never know how high we areTill we are called to rise;And then, if we are true to plan,Our statures touch the skies.The heroism we reciteWould be a ...more

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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children ...more

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They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,Like petals from a rose,When suddenly across the luneA wind with fingers goes.They perished in the s...more

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There is no Frigate like a book.

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The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.

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We never know how high we are till we are called to rise. Then if we are true to form our statures touch the skies.

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The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unto eventide, Earth a merry damsel, and heaven a knight so...more