. . . the well of true wit is truth itself, the gathering of the precious drops of right reason, wisdom's lightning and no soul possessing and dispensing it can justly be a target for the world, however well armed the world confronting her.
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Speak, and I see the side - lie of a truth.George Meredith
O have a care of natures that are mute!
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Lose calmly Love's great bliss,
When the renewed for ever of a kiss
Whirls life within the shower of loosened hair!
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Of love, the grand impulsion, we behold
The love that lends her grace
Among the starry fold.
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On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose, Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend ... He reached a middle height, and at the stars, Which are the brain of heaven, he looked, and sank. Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank, The army of unalterable law.
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