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His pure thoughts were borne Like fumes of sacred incense o’er the clouds, And wafted thence on angels’ wings, through ways Of light to the bright Source of all.
His pure thoughts were borne Like fumes of sacred incense o’er the clouds, And wafted thence on angels’ wings, through ways Of light to the bright Source of all.
Approximate author period: c. 1699 AD · renaissance
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- William Congreve
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- Approximate author period: c. 1699 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1670–1729)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 600 · printed citation: Congreve · subject: THOUGHT
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