The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
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When darkness gathers over all, And the last tottering pillars fall, Take the poor dust Thy mercy warms. And mould it into heavenly forms.
Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings.
Science is a good piece of furniture for a man to have in an upper chamber, provided he has common sense on the ground floor.
On Thee we fling our burdening woe, O love Divine, forever dear: Content to suffer, while we know, Living and dying, Thou art near!
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