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Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou Light divine!
Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine!
Oft will the body's weakness check thy force,
Oft damp thy Vigour, and impede thy course;
And trembling nerves compel thee to restrain
Thy noble efforts, to contend with pain;
Or Want (sad guest!) will in thy presence come,
And breathe around her melancholy gloom:
To Life's low cares will thy proud thought confine,
And make her sufferings, her impatience, thine.

George Crabbe

Art, Pain, Light

George Crabbe (1812). “Tales”, p.191

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O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep;
Thou bearest angels to us in the night,
Saints out of heaven with palms.
Seen by thy light
Sorrow is some old tale that goeth not deep;
Love is a pouting child.

Jean Ingelow

Children, Angel, Sleep

Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.244

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O spring, I know thee! Seek for sweet surprise / In the young children's eyes. / But I have learnt the years, and know the yet / Leaf-folded violet.

Alice Meynell

Sweet, Children, Spring

Alice Meynell, Wilfrid Meynell (1931). “Selected Poems of Alice Meynell”, London, Nonesuch

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Do not believe that a book is good, if in reading it thou dost not become more contented with thy existence, if it does not rouse up in thee most generous feelings.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Believe, Book, Reading

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Still and pale
Thou movest in thy silver veil,
Queen of the night! the filmy shroud
Of many a mild, transparent cloud
Hides, yet adorns thee.

Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Queens, Moon, Night

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1859). “The poetical works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.10

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O foolish anxiety of wretched man, how inconclusive are the arguments which make thee beat thy wings below!

Dante Alighieri

Men, Wings, Anxiety

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Be but faithful, that is all;
Go right on, and close behind thee
There shall follow still and find thee Help, sure help.

Arthur Hugh Clough

Faithful, Helping, Fidelity

Arthur Hugh Clough (1874). “Poems: With a Memoir”, p.127

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My friend, judge not me,
Thou seest I judge not thee;
Betwixt the stirrop and the ground,
Mercy I askt, mercy I found.

William Camden

Judging, Judgment, Mercy

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He whom nature thus bereaves,
Is ever fancy's favourite child;
For thee enchanted dreams she weaves
Of changeful beauty, bright and wild.

Frances Sargent Osgood

Dream, Children, Fancy

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It has been wisely said, "that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy head in the lap of temptation!" Was it not easier for the hero of Judaea to avoid the touch of the fair Philistine, than to elude her power when held in her arms?

Jane Porter

Hero, Angel, Temptation

Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.19

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Up, then, with speed, and work;
Fling ease and self away--
This is no time for thee to sleep--
Up, watch, and work, and pray!

Horatius Bonar

Sleep, Self, Watches

Horatius Bonar (1858). “Hymns of Faith and Hope ... Third edition”, p.262

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Not alone to know, but to act according to thy knowledge, is thy destination,--proclaims the voice of my inmost soul. Not for indolent contemplation and study of thyself, nor for brooding over emotions of piety,--no, for action was existence given thee; thy actions, and thy actions alone, determine thy worth.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Voice, Soul, Emotion

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Virtue, vain word, futile shadow, slave of chance! Alas! I believe in thee!

Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

Believe, Shadow, Chance

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Then shoulder to shoulder! Let us engirdle the little circle of the earth with the chains that bind us to each other. To one end let us aim our thoughts, and to one end let us aim our souls. Hail, dawn of liberty, behind thee is the redeeming sun.

Adam Mickiewicz

Circles, Chains That Bind, Soul

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Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.

Marcus Aurelius

Giving, Roving, Leisure

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O most illustrious of the days of time!
Day full of joy and benison to earth
When Thou wast born, sweet Babe of Bethlehem!
With dazzling pomp descending angels sung
Good will and peace to men, to God due praise,
Who on the errand of salvation sent
Thee, Son Beloved! of plural Unity
Essential part, made flesh that mad'st all worlds.

Abraham Coles

Christmas, Sweet, Angel

Abraham Coles (1892). “Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works, (some Hitherto Unpublished.)”

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Wake, soldier wake, thy war-horse waits
To bear thee to the battle back;--
Thou slumberest at a foeman's gates,--
Thy dog would break thy bivouac;
Thy plume is trailing in the dust,
And thy red falchion gathering rust.

Thomas Kibble Hervey

Dog, Horse, War

Thomas Kibble Hervey (1866). “The Poems of Thomas Kibble Hervey”, p.36

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My God! my time is in Thine hands. Should it please Thee to lengthen my life, and complete, as Thou hast begun, the work of blanching my locks, grant me grace to wear them as a crown of unsullied honor.

Christian Scriver

Hands, Grace, Honor

Christian Scriver (1860). “Gotthold's Emblems: Or, Invisible Things Understood by Things that are Made”, p.222

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Trust Love, nor fear to soar upon his track. The wings that bore to Heaven will bear thee back.

Richard B. Garnett

Love, Wings, Track

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All's well with thee if thou art in just hands.

Anne Reeve Aldrich

Art, Hands, Wells

Anne Reeve Aldrich (1892). “Songs about Life, Love and Death”

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As I go musing through this mournful land Soothed by the pine-tree's solemn harmony, Thy well-loved image comes and walks by me. I seem to hold thee by the gentle hand And talk of things I dimly understand, That thy dear spirit set to mine may be As to an intricate lock the simple key.

John Barlas

Simple, Keys, Hands

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I saw thee in a vision of the night Transfigured; for it seemed that on thy brows The heavens did rest with all their stars, like boughs Laden with blossoms; round thy feet the bright Green waves, like grass, ran rippling, strewn with white Star-fragments of rent petals: wasted vows, And ruined prayers I thought them, such as house In hearts that love and are not loved aright.

John Barlas

Stars, Prayer, Heart

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As thou hast created me out of mingled air and glitter, I thank thee for it.
[Ger., Wie aus Duft und Glanz gemischt
Du mich schufst, dir dank ich's heut.]

Friedrich Ruckert

Air, Glitter, Creation

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Yes!--still I love thee: Time, who sets
His signet on my brow,
And dims my sunken eye, forgets,
The heart he could not bow;--
Where love, that cannot perish, grows
For one, Alas! that little knows
How love may sometimes last;
Like sunshine wasting in the skies
When clouds are overcast.

Rufus Dawes

Heart, Eye, Sunshine

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Be not that far from me, for trouble is near; haste Thee to help me. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me

Barry Pepper

War, Blessed, Fighting

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