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Thus heavenly hope is all serene, But earthly hope, how bright soe'er, Still fluctuates o'er this changing scene, As false and fleeting as 't is fair.
Thus heavenly hope is all serene, But earthly hope, how bright soe'er, Still fluctuates o'er this changing scene, As false and fleeting as 't is fair.
Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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- Reginald Heber
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- Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
On Heavenly Hope and Earthly Hope.
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