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The Christian Scholar

By the Author of "The Cathedral" [i.e. Isaac Williams]
Williams, Isaac (1802-1865)

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“Immortalia ne speres monet annus et almum
Quæ rapit hora diem .”
Hor., lib. iv. Od. vii. 7.

Yes, years, days, hours, that wave their wing
Through this our mortal span,
With changes on each outward thing,
And in the heart of man,
As with a thousand tongues they preach
No more, so frail and vain,
To build upon a sandy beach,
Where nothing can remain.
 
“Immortal things are out of reach,
Years, days, and hours this lesson teach.”
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