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That one half creation is to know Luxurious joy, and others only woe, And so go down into the common tomb With none to question their unequal doom? Shall we give credit to a thought so fond? Ah! no—the world beyond—the world beyond! There shall the desolate heart regain its own! There the oppressed shall stand before God’s throne! There, when the tangled web is all explained, Wrong suffered, pain inflicted, grief disdained, Man’s proud, mistaken judgments and false scorn Shall melt, like mists before the uprising morn, And holy truth stand forth, serenely bright, In the rich flood of God’s eternal light!
That one half creation is to know Luxurious joy, and others only woe, And so go down into the common tomb With none to question their unequal doom? Shall we give credit to a thought so fond? Ah! no—the world beyond—the world beyond! There shall the desolate heart regain its own! There the oppressed shall stand before God’s throne! There, when the tangled web is all explained, Wrong suffered, pain inflicted, grief disdained, Man’s proud, mistaken judgments and false scorn Shall melt, like mists before the uprising morn, And holy truth stand forth, serenely bright, In the rich flood of God’s eternal light!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Mrs. Norton (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 629 · printed citation: Mrs. Norton · subject: TRUTH
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