Shine Son of glory, and my sinnes are gone Like twinkling Starres before the rising Sunne.
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The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that has no cross deserves no crown.
Permalink to quote #2 Even such is man, whose glory lends His life a blaze or two, and ends.
Permalink to quote #4 No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself, he lives to none.
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