Quote #14

When Israel was from bondage led, Led by the Almighty's hand From out of foreign land, The great sea beheld and fled.

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  1. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last.
  2. An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care.
  3. Th' adorning thee with so much art Is but a barb'rous skill; 'T is like the pois'ning of a dart, Too apt before to kill.
  4. The monster London laugh at me.
  5. Hope, of all ills that men endure, The only cheap and universal cure.
  6. Let but thy wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools that crowd thee so, Even thou, who dost thy millions boast, A village less than …
  7. A mighty pain to love it is, And 't is a pain that pain to miss; But of all pains, the greatest pain It is to love, but love in vain.
  8. The fairest garden in her looks, And in her mind the wisest books.

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