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Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.

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
Forbidden
Lovers
Meet
Silence
Though
Night
Mind
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Dear Lord, our God and Saviour! for Thy gifts The world were poor in thanks, though every soul Were to do nought but breathe them, every blade Of grass, and every atomie of earth To utter it like dew.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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