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So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
"God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived over a read more
"God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived over a cliff and "by a miracle" he only breaks his back. It would be more divine if he were a better driver and stayed on the road.
That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.
That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add read more
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, read more
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.
What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs,
What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things.
What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs,
What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things.
Man is the miracle in nature. God
Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,
"There is a read more
Man is the miracle in nature. God
Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,
"There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well:
In that thou sayest all. To Be is more
Of wonderful, than being, to have wrought,
Or reigned, or rested.
The water owns a power Divine,
And conscious blushes into wine;
Its very nature changed displays
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The water owns a power Divine,
And conscious blushes into wine;
Its very nature changed displays
The power Divine that it obeys.
