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Nam quamvis prope to, quamvis temone sub uno Vertentem sese, frustra sectabere cantum

Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo.

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Trooping all together,

And white owl's feather!

Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art Green jacket, red cap,

curst

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I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee,

When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins

three times three:

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For he that believeth, bearing in hand,
Plougheth in the water, and soweth in the sand. Or fountain, some belated peasant sees,
SIR THOMAS WYATT.

(See also MASSINGER)

Or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or dreams he sees, while overhead the Moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the Earth

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Thou almost makest me waver in my faith To hold opinion with Pythagoras,

BEN JONSON-The Devil Is an Ass. Act IV. That souls of animals infuse themselves

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But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.

Into the trunks of men.

Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 13C.

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The saddest thing that can befall a soul
Is when it loses faith in God and woman.

ALEXANDER SMITH-A Life Drama. Sc. 12.

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Faith is the subtle chain

Which binds us to the infinite; the voice
Of a deep life within, that will remain
Until we crowd it thence.

ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH-Atheism in Three
Sonnets. Faith.

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It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.

SYDNEY SMITH-Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. I. P. 53.

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Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers;
Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all.

TENNYSON-Idylls of the King. Merlin and
Vivien. L. 388.

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Whose faith has centre everywhere,
Nor cares to fix itself to form.

TENNYSON-In Memoriam. XXXIII.

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I have fought a good fight, I have finished my

course, I have kept the faith.

II Timothy. IV. 7.

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Faith, mighty faith the promise sees

And rests on that alone;

Laughs at impossibilities,

And says it shall be done.

CHARLES WESLEY-Hymns. No. 360.

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MOORE-Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Through this dark and stormy night Khorassan.

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