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The Soul!—the Soul!—with its eye of fire, Thus, thus shall it soar when its foes expire; It shall spread its wings o’er the ills that pained, The evils that shadowed, the sins that stained; It shall dwell where no rushing cloud hath sway, And the pageants of earth shall have melted away.
The Soul!—the Soul!—with its eye of fire, Thus, thus shall it soar when its foes expire; It shall spread its wings o’er the ills that pained, The evils that shadowed, the sins that stained; It shall dwell where no rushing cloud hath sway, And the pageants of earth shall have melted away.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Mrs. Sigourney (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 562 · printed citation: Mrs. Sigourney · subject: SOUL
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