"The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unto eventide, Earth a merry damsel, and heaven a knight so true,And Earth is quite coquettish, and beseemeth in vain to sue."

Mythology, Nature, Marriage, Death, Life

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"The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unto eventide, Earth a merry damsel, and heaven a knight so true,And Earth is quite coquettish, and beseemeth in vain to sue."

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"Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath."

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"Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies."

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"In lands I never saw, they say, Immortal Alps look down,Whose bonnets touch the firmament,Whose sandals touch the town, -Meek at whose everlasting feetA myriad daisies play.Which, sir, are you, and which am I.Upon an August day?"

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"Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode until we drive away."

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"Faith is a fine inventionWhen gentlemen can see,But microscopes are prudentIn an emergency."

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"I wonder if it hurts to live,And if they have to try,And whether, could they choose between,They would not rather die."

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"Faith-is the Pierless BridgeSupporting what We seeUnto the Scene that We do not-Too slender for the eyeIt bears the Soul as boldAs it were rocked in SteelWith Arms of Steel at either side-It joins-behind the VeilTo what, could We presumeThe Bridge would cease to beTo Our far, vacillating FeetA first Necessity."