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What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
He that goes softly goes safely.
He that goes softly goes safely.
