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“Τις δ' οιδεν ει ζην τουθ', ο κεκληται θανειν,
Το ζην δε θνησκειν εστι .”
Eurip. apud Stob
Το ζην δε θνησκειν εστι .”
Eurip. apud Stob
When stars were thronging heaven's blue arch
On their serene majestic march,
Then gazing on Night's face severe
The heathen heard this voice of fear,—
On their serene majestic march,
Then gazing on Night's face severe
The heathen heard this voice of fear,—
If all those beauteous orbs of light
Are brought to view by silent Night,
The light of life may from our eyes
Hide greater things that fill the skies.
Are brought to view by silent Night,
The light of life may from our eyes
Hide greater things that fill the skies.
“When I was a child . . I understood as a child . . . For
now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face.”
1 Cor. xiii. 11, 12.
Mysterious Childhood, on thy ways
With wonder and with awe we gaze,
So small the horizon which around
Doth all thy little knowledge bound.
With wonder and with awe we gaze,
So small the horizon which around
Doth all thy little knowledge bound.
Thou art a mirror here below,
Compar'd with what the wisest know,
Of what this scene of night and day
Shall be to those that leave this clay.
Compar'd with what the wisest know,
Of what this scene of night and day
Shall be to those that leave this clay.
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