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They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty. - Fitz
What is man's love? His vows are broke even while his parting kiss is warm.
Come to the bridal-chamber, Death!
Come to the mother's, when she feels,
For the first time, her first-born's breath!
Come when the blessed seals
That close the pestilence are broke,
And crowded cities wail its stroke!
The wild-flower wreath of feeling, the sunbeam of the heart.
Strike-for your altars and your fires;
Strike-for the green graves of your sires;
God-and your native land!
This bank-note world.
It is a rich storehouse for those who love quotations. It is as full of fine bon mots as a Christmas pudding is full of plums.
And thou art terrible
the tear,
The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier;
And all we know, or dream, or fear
Of agony, are thine.
I sorrow that all fair things must decay.
