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To appreciate heaven well
'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
To appreciate heaven well
'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
Spend in pure converse our eternal day;
Think each in each, immediately wise;
Learn all we lacked read more
Spend in pure converse our eternal day;
Think each in each, immediately wise;
Learn all we lacked before; hear, know, and say
What this tumultuous body now denies;
And feel, who have laid our groping hands away;
And see, no longer blinded by our eyes.
Where billows never break, not tempests roar.
Where billows never break, not tempests roar.
Hell is paved with good Samaritans.
Hell is paved with good Samaritans.
Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.
Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.
And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large read more
And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large as yours
But large enough for me.
