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St. 4. Yet I doubt not thro' the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. C.— TENNYSON — Locksley Hall. St. 69.

And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.— HENRY VAUGHAN — They are all gone into the World of Light. St. 7.

But hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things.— WORDSWORTH — Elegiac Stanzas.

Addressed to Sir G. H. B. Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof That they were born for immortality.— WORDSWORTH — Sonnet. On King's

College Chapel, Cambridge. Yet, sometimes, when the secret cup Of still and serious thought went round, It seemed as if he drank it up, He felt with spirit so profound.— WORDSWORTH — Matthew.

Knocks at our hearts, and finds our thoughts at home.— YOUNG — Love of Fame. Satire I. L. 99.