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We strive with earthly imagings, To reach and understand The wondrous and the fearful things Of an eternal land. But soon the doubt, the toil, the strife Of earth shall all be done, And knowledge of our endless life Be in a moment won.
We strive with earthly imagings, To reach and understand The wondrous and the fearful things Of an eternal land. But soon the doubt, the toil, the strife Of earth shall all be done, And knowledge of our endless life Be in a moment won.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Otway Curry (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 203 · printed citation: Otway Curry · subject: ETERNITY
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