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Mercy is the highest reach of wit, A safety unto them that save with it: Born out of God, and unto human eyes, Like God, not seen, till fleshly passion dies.
Mercy is the highest reach of wit, A safety unto them that save with it: Born out of God, and unto human eyes, Like God, not seen, till fleshly passion dies.
Approximate author period: c. 1591 AD · renaissance
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- Lord Brooke
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- Approximate author period: c. 1591 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 383 · printed citation: Lord Brooke · subject: MERCY
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