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What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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P. J. Bailey
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Orbs
Skies
Scriptures
Scripture
Sky
Stars

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The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be. Do my words trouble thee? then treasure them, Pain overgot gives peace, as death doth Heaven. All things that speak of Heaven speak of peace.
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Death, thou art infinite it is life is little.
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The value of a thought cannot be told.
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All are of the race of God, and have in themselves good.
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I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.
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The course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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Nature means Necessity.
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Remember that thy heart will shed its pleasures as thine eye its tears, and both leave loathsome furrows.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
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And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
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Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal creatures.
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The sole equality on earth is death.
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I have a heart with room for every joy .
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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.
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