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Felicia Hemans Quotes: What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine, The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine.
         

What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine, The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine.


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Though the past haunt me as a spirit, I do not ask to forget.



Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, Suffering, yet hoping all things.

Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, Suffering, yet hoping all things.



Oh, call my brother back to me!I cannot play alone:The summer comes with flower and bee,-Where is my brother gone?

Oh, call my brother back to me!I cannot play alone:The summer comes with flower and bee,-Where is my brother gone?



There’s beauty all around our paths, If but our watchful eyes Can trace it ’midst familiar things, And through their lowly guise.

There’s beauty all around our paths, If but our watchful eyes Can trace it ’midst familiar things, And through their lowly guise.



We pine for kindred natures To mingle with our own.

We pine for kindred natures To mingle with our own.



Passing away" is written on the world and all the world contains.

Passing away" is written on the world and all the world contains.



Oh! lovely voices of the sky Which hymned the Saviour's birth, Are ye not singing still on high, Ye that sang, "Peace on earth"?

Oh! lovely voices of the sky Which hymned the Saviour's birth, Are ye not singing still on high, Ye that sang, "Peace on earth"?



There is strength deep bedded in our hearts, of which we reck but little till the shafts of heaven have pierced its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent before her gems are found?

There is strength deep bedded in our hearts, of which we reck but little till the shafts of heaven have pierced its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent before her gems are found?



Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod, They have left unstained, what there they found,- Freedom to worship God.

Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod, They have left unstained, what there they found,- Freedom to worship God.





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