The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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But beautiful as songs of the immortals,The holy melodies of love arise.
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Christmas Bells I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroke.
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Nothing that is can pause or stay The moon will wax, the moon will wane, The mist and cloud will turn to rain, The rain to mist and cloud again, Tomorrow be today.
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This is the forest primeval.
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Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
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There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
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