Quote #15
When first we met we did not guess That Love would prove so hard a master.
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- On such a night, when Air has loosed Its guardian grasp on blood and brain, Old terrors then of god or ghost Creep from their caves to life…
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- The constellated sounds ran sprinkling on earth's floor As the dark vault above with stars was spangled o'er.
- The storm is over, the land hushes to rest: The tyrannous wind, its strength fordone, Is fallen back in the west.
- Angels' song, comforting as the comfort of Christ When he spake tenderly to his sorrowful flock.
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