quote · Legacy record
Nor peace nor ease the heart can know Which, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too.
Nor peace nor ease the heart can know Which, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too.
Approximate author period: c. 1793 AD · early modern
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- Mrs. Greville
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- Approximate author period: c. 1793 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
A Prayer for Indifference.
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