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It is not in the heart of thought Nor in the breast of care, That truth its dwelling-place has sought, For all is sterile there: Nor is it in the mind where gay Delusive visions throng, That chastening truth can find a way Its glittering dreams among: Yet as within the desert far, There are reflections given Of light, so in the heart there are Remembrances of Heaven.
It is not in the heart of thought Nor in the breast of care, That truth its dwelling-place has sought, For all is sterile there: Nor is it in the mind where gay Delusive visions throng, That chastening truth can find a way Its glittering dreams among: Yet as within the desert far, There are reflections given Of light, so in the heart there are Remembrances of Heaven.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- W. Anderson (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 630 · printed citation: W. Anderson · subject: TRUTH
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