The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.
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In a solitude of the seaDeep from human vanity,
And the Pride of Life that planned her, stilly couches she.
Thomas Hardy
So little cause for carolings Of such ecstatic sound Was written on terrestrial things Afar or nigh around, That I could think there trembled through His happy good-night air Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew And I was unaware.
Thomas Hardy
Lifes Little Ironies.
Thomas Hardy
Buta stirring thrills the air Like to sounds of joyance there That the rages Of the ages Shall be cancelled, and deliverance offered from the darts that were, Consciousness the Will informing, till it fashion all things fair.
Thomas Hardy
With eye and cry of love illimited
Upon her Heart-king.
Thomas Hardy
Rays from the sunrise drew forth the buds and stretched them into long stalks, lifted up sap in noiseless streams, opened petals, and sucked out scents in invisible jets and breathings.
Thomas Hardy
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