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The picture of a shadow is a positive thing.
The picture of a shadow is a positive thing.
Alas! must it ever be so?
Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,
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Alas! must it ever be so?
Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,
And fight our own shadows forever?
And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains.
[Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.]
And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains.
[Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.]
(Orion) A hunter of shadows, himself a shade.
(Orion) A hunter of shadows, himself a shade.
Come like shadows, so depart!
Come like shadows, so depart!
By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night
Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard
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By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night
Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard
Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers
Armed in proof and led by shallow Richmond.
Thus shadow owes its birth to light.
Thus shadow owes its birth to light.
Like Hezekiah's, backward runs
The shadow of my days.
Like Hezekiah's, backward runs
The shadow of my days.
Some there be that shadows kiss;
Such have but a shadow's bliss.
Some there be that shadows kiss;
Such have but a shadow's bliss.
