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In solitude, when we are least alone.
In solitude, when we are least alone.
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
Among them, but not of them.
Among them, but not of them.
I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and
the flowers faded.
I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and
the flowers faded.
Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade,
Where rumour of oppression read more
Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade,
Where rumour of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more!
But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men,
To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,
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But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men,
To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,
And roam along, the world's tired denizen,
With none who bless us, none whom we can bless.
Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove,
Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;
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Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove,
Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;
Though solitary, who is not alone,
But doth converse with that eternal love.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and read more
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
I was never less alone than when by myself.