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Henceforth in my name Take courage, O thou woman,—man take hope, Your graves shall be as smooth as Eden’s sward, Beneath the steps of your prospective thoughts; And, one step past them, a new Eden gate Shall open on a hinge of harmony, And let you through to mercy. Ye shall fall No more within that Eden, nor pass out Any more from it. In which hope, move on First sinners and first mourners. Live and love, Doing both nobly because lowlily, Love and work strongly,—because patiently! And for the deed of death, trust it to God, That it be well done, unrepented of, And not to loss. And thence with constant prayers Fasten your souls on high, that constantly The smile of your heroic cheer may float Above all floods of earthly agonies, Purification being the joy of pain.
Henceforth in my name Take courage, O thou woman,—man take hope, Your graves shall be as smooth as Eden’s sward, Beneath the steps of your prospective thoughts; And, one step past them, a new Eden gate Shall open on a hinge of harmony, And let you through to mercy. Ye shall fall No more within that Eden, nor pass out Any more from it. In which hope, move on First sinners and first mourners. Live and love, Doing both nobly because lowlily, Love and work strongly,—because patiently! And for the deed of death, trust it to God, That it be well done, unrepented of, And not to loss. And thence with constant prayers Fasten your souls on high, that constantly The smile of your heroic cheer may float Above all floods of earthly agonies, Purification being the joy of pain.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- E. B. Browning (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 473 · printed citation: E. B. Browning · subject: PURITY
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