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Robert Bridges Quotes: Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly I well know whither, And rest I well know where.
         

Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly I well know whither, And rest I well know where.


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And whiter grows the foam, The small moon lightens more; And as I turn me home, My shadow walks before.



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But I can tell - let truth be told - That love will change in growing old; Though day by day is nought to see, So delicate his motions be.



All things therefore are charged with love, are charged with God and if we knew how to touch them give off sparks and take fire, yield drops and flow, ring and tell of him.

All things therefore are charged with love, are charged with God and if we knew how to touch them give off sparks and take fire, yield drops and flow, ring and tell of him.



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Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation.



O soul, be patient: thou shalt find A little matter mend all this; Some strain of music to thy mind, Some praise for skill not spent amiss.

O soul, be patient: thou shalt find A little matter mend all this; Some strain of music to thy mind, Some praise for skill not spent amiss.



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O youth whose hope is high, Who dost to Truth aspire, Whether thou live or die, O look not back nor tire.





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