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Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
Walter Scott
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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll, And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole, Yet 'tis Thy voice, my God, that bids them fly, Thy arm directs those lightnings through the sky. Then let the good Thy mighty name revere, And hardened sinners Thy just vengeance fear.
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That day of wrath, that dreadful day. When heaven and earth shall pass away.
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Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.
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