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(Thomas) Gerald Massey. (1828–1907)

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    In this dim world of clouding cares,
  We rarely know, till wildered eyes
  See white wings lessening up the skies,
The angels with us unawares.

Babe Cristabel.

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    There’s no dearth of kindness
  In this world of ours;
Only in our blindness
  We gather thorns for flowers.

There’s no Dearth of Kindness.

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The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn.

The kingliest Kings.

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The time shall come
When man to man shall be a friend and brother.

Hope on, hope ever.

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One sharp stern struggle and the slaves of centuries are free.

The Patriot.

George Meredith. (1828–1909)

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All wisdom’s armory this man could wield.

The Sage enamored.

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The actors are, it seems, the usual three:
Husband and wife and lover.

The Sage enamored.

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How many a thing which we cast to the ground,
When others pick it up, becomes a gem! 1

The Sage enamored.

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First of earthly singers, the sun-loved rill.

Phoebus with Admetus.

Note 1.
Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed. Tennyson: The Flower. [back]