The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows. . . .
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These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end.William Cullen Bryant
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers But error, wounded, writhes in pain, and dies among his worshippers.
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Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race.
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That delicate forest flower,With scented breath and look so like a smile,Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould,An emanation of the indwelling Life,A visible token of the upholding Love,That are the soul of this great universe.
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The sweet calm sunshine of October, now warms the low spot upon its grassy mould The purple oak-leaf falls the birchen bough Drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold.
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The sounds I had heard seemed worthy to mingle with this bright and perfumed atmosphere, and to thrill the beautiful scenery around me.
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