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For Still The New Transcends The Old In Signs And Tokens Manifold
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For still the new transcends the old
In signs and tokens manifold;
Slaves rise up men; the olive waves,
With roots deep set in battle graves!
-- John G. Whittier (1807-1892)
-- The Chapel of the Hermits
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And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
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Low stir of leaves and dip of oars And lapsing waves on quiet shores.
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Making their lives a prayer. -- John G.
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The hope of all who suffer, The dread of all who wrong.
-- John G. Whittier (1807-1892) -- The Mantle of St. John de Matha...
Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry
Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his "Highland Mary!...
I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in ai
I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care....
So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore
The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore! -- John G. Whittier (1807-1892) -- Ichabod!...
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), _For Righteousness' Sake_ (1855)
The books are old, but they chronicle the rise of Castrovalva up to the present day.
-- Shardovan, CASTROVALVA...