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While his staff the traveller handles In his weary journeying, Thorns may tear his dusty sandals, Fangs his tender feet may sting; But were life devoid of pain, Bliss were proffered man in vain. Look aloft, where light is breaking Through this doubt-enveloped sky— Forward leap, the joy partaking, Of a higher destiny. Lift thy staff, and move apace In the pilgrim-thronging race.
While his staff the traveller handles In his weary journeying, Thorns may tear his dusty sandals, Fangs his tender feet may sting; But were life devoid of pain, Bliss were proffered man in vain. Look aloft, where light is breaking Through this doubt-enveloped sky— Forward leap, the joy partaking, Of a higher destiny. Lift thy staff, and move apace In the pilgrim-thronging race.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- T. G. Spear (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 442 · printed citation: T. G. Spear · subject: PILGRIMAGE
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