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Christian! thy dream is now—it was not then: O, it were strange if childhood were a dream. Strife, and the world, are dreams: to wakeful men Childhood and home as jealous angels seem: Like shapes and hues that play in clouds at even, They have but shifted from Thee into Heaven!
Christian! thy dream is now—it was not then: O, it were strange if childhood were a dream. Strife, and the world, are dreams: to wakeful men Childhood and home as jealous angels seem: Like shapes and hues that play in clouds at even, They have but shifted from Thee into Heaven!
Approximate author period: c. 1838 AD · industrial
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- F. W. Faber
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- Approximate author period: c. 1838 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 116 · printed citation: F. W. Faber · subject: CHILDHOOD—INFANCY
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