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Divine Repentance, in thy sacred tear Alone is wisdom for the erring heart, That infancy of soul, that stainless hour When all the chaos of our spirit sleeps In passionless repose,—how oft it woos Our feelings back to purity and Heaven! Alas! that in our solitude we soar To perfect goodness, but in life descend To dust again!—our aspirations quenched; And all that purer moments wisely taught, Denied, degraded, or forgot!—Thus glide Our years along, in melancholy dreams Of what they dare, and what they cannot be!
Divine Repentance, in thy sacred tear Alone is wisdom for the erring heart, That infancy of soul, that stainless hour When all the chaos of our spirit sleeps In passionless repose,—how oft it woos Our feelings back to purity and Heaven! Alas! that in our solitude we soar To perfect goodness, but in life descend To dust again!—our aspirations quenched; And all that purer moments wisely taught, Denied, degraded, or forgot!—Thus glide Our years along, in melancholy dreams Of what they dare, and what they cannot be!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- R. Montgomery (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 492 · printed citation: R. Montgomery · subject: REPENTANCE
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