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Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers
Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the read more
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end
The meanest floweret of the vale,
The simplest note that swells the gale,
The common sun, the read more
The meanest floweret of the vale,
The simplest note that swells the gale,
The common sun, the air, the skies,
To him are open paradise.
The only paradise is paradise lost
The only paradise is paradise lost
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls read more
He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls to paradise.
There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the read more
There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
Some may perchance, with strange surprise,
Have blundered into Paradise.
Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare,
The desert read more
Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare,
The desert were a paradise
If thou wert there, if thou were there.
Dry your eyes--O dry your eyes,
For I was taught in Paradise
To ease my breast of read more
Dry your eyes--O dry your eyes,
For I was taught in Paradise
To ease my breast of melodies.