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The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Condemned to starve at an unreal feast: A spark, which upwards tends by nature’s force; A stream, diverted from its parent source; A drop dissevered from the boundless sea; A moment, parted from eternity; A pilgrim panting for the rest to come; An exile, anxious for his native home.
The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Condemned to starve at an unreal feast: A spark, which upwards tends by nature’s force; A stream, diverted from its parent source; A drop dissevered from the boundless sea; A moment, parted from eternity; A pilgrim panting for the rest to come; An exile, anxious for his native home.
Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
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- Hannah More
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- Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 561 · printed citation: Hannah More · subject: SOUL
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