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III.
“Ουδε παις ευδαιμων εστιν: ουπω γαρ πρακτικος των τοιουτων:
οι δε λεγομενοι, δια την ελπιδα μακαριζονται
.”
Arist. Eth. i. 9.
Still Virtue labours mid the sky
To set her citadel,
Where visitants may come from high,
And Contemplation dwell.
To set her citadel,
Where visitants may come from high,
And Contemplation dwell.
She climbs; hill rises after hill,
The sun seems to alight
Ever before, but distant still
It sinks, and leaves to night.
The sun seems to alight
Ever before, but distant still
It sinks, and leaves to night.
“Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid
them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.”
S. Mark x. 14.
The weary, weak, and leaning child,
Upon a parent's breast
Which lays, o'ercome with wanderings wild,
Its head, and is at rest:
Upon a parent's breast
Which lays, o'ercome with wanderings wild,
Its head, and is at rest:
Sole emblem such to young or old
Of all on earth we find,
Which angels may with joy behold,
Faith's meek reposing mind.
Of all on earth we find,
Which angels may with joy behold,
Faith's meek reposing mind.
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