To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
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THERE is no frigate like a book/ To take us lands away...
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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 ...
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Bless God, he went as soldiers,His musket on his breast—Grant God, he charge the bravestOf all the martial blest!Please God, might I behold himIn epau...
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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...
