So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
Among the faithless faithful only he.

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
Among the faithless faithful only he.

Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right:
I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak,
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Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right:
I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak,
Not weak of soul.--I will but hold in sight
Thy marvelous beauty.--Here is
She you seek!

My twin and I
were wombmates
and then roommates.
Some day our bodies
will be tombmates.
(as their souls will read more

My twin and I
were wombmates
and then roommates.
Some day our bodies
will be tombmates.
(as their souls will be together
with those of their husbands in paradise).

It is better to be faithful than famous.

It is better to be faithful than famous.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant!
But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
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You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant!
But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true as steel.

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.