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834 Before He comes we weigh the Time… ’Tis Heavy and ’tis Light. When He depart, an Emptiness Is the prevailing Freight.
573 The Test of Love—is Death— Our Lord—"so loved"—it saith— What Largest Lover—hath Another—doth—
He ate and drank the precious Wor… His Spirit grew robust— He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was Dust— He danced along the dingy Days
Part One: Life LII VICTORY comes late, And is held low to freezing lips Too rapt with frost
So much of Heaven has gone from E… That there must be a Heaven If only to enclose the Saints To Affidavit given. The Missionary to the Mole
713 Fame of Myself, to justify, All other Plaudit be Superfluous—An Incense Beyond Necessity—
‘They have not chosen me,’ he said… ‘But I have chosen them!’ Brave’—Broken hearted statement’— Uttered in Bethlehem! I could not have told it,
Luck is not chance It’s Toil Fortune’s expensive smile Is earned The Father of the Mine
Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It has no future but itself,
920 We can but follow to the Sun— As oft as He go down He leave Ourselves a Sphere behin… ’Tis mostly—following—
395 Reverse cannot befall That fine Prosperity Whose Sources are interior— As soon—Adversity
Me! Come! My dazzled face In such a shining place! Me! Hear! My foreign ear The sounds of welcome near! The saints shall meet
785 They have a little Odor—that to m… Is metre—nay—’tis melody— And spiciest at fading—indicate— A Habit—of a Laureate—
751 My Worthiness is all my Doubt— His Merit—all my fear— Contrasting which, my quality Do lowlier—appear—
839 Always Mine! No more Vacation! Term of Light this Day begun! Failless as the fair rotation