And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in…

And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

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The Arrow and the Song, st. 3

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Ah, how wonderful is the advent of spring! — the great annual miracle of the blossoming of Aaron’s rod, repeated on myriads and myriads of branches! — the gentle progression and growth of herbs, flowers, trees, — gentle and yet irrepressible, — which no force can stay, no violence restrain, like love, that wins its way and cannot be withstood by any human power, because itself is divine power. If spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake, and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change! But now the silent succession suggests nothing but necessity. To most men only the cessation of the miracle would be miraculous and the perpetual exercise of God’s power seems less wonderful than its withdrawal would be. - View Quote Details on Ah, how wonderful is the advent of spring! — the…
The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night. - View Quote Details on The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained…
Look, then, into thine heart, and write! - View Quote Details on Look, then, into thine heart, and write!
Ah, nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate. - View Quote Details on Ah, nothing is too late
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The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, ‘mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
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Stars of the summer night!
Far in yon azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps! - View Quote Details on Stars of the summer night!
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There is no Death! What seems so is transition;
This life of mortal breath
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Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate! - View Quote Details on Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
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His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate’er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man. - View Quote Details on His brow is wet with honest sweat,
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