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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
