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Affliction's sons are brothers in distress;
A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress;
A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
Affliction is enamoured of thy parts,
And thou art wedded to calamity.
Affliction is enamoured of thy parts,
And thou art wedded to calamity.
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears
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Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears
Do scald me like molten lead.
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or read more
I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.
The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.
With silence only as their benediction,
God's angels come
Where in the shadow of a great affliction,
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With silence only as their benediction,
God's angels come
Where in the shadow of a great affliction,
The soul sits dumb!
