I watched them from the window, thy children at their play, And I thought of all my own … - Arthur Hugh Clough

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History is, and has always been trameled by facts. It may ignore some and deny others; but it cannot accommodate itself unreservedly to theories; it cannot be stripped of things evidenced in favor of things surmised.

Arthur Hugh Clough

I watched them from the window, thy children at their play, And I thought of all my own dear friends, who were far, oh, far away, And childish loves, and childish cares, and a child's own buoyant gladness Came gushing back again to me with a soft and solemn sadness; And feelings frozen up full long, and thoughts of long ago, Seemed to be thawing at my heart with a warm and sudden flow.

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Put forth thy leaf, thou lofty plane, East wind and frost are safely gone; With zephyr mild and balmy rain The summer comes serenely on; Earth, air, and sun and skies combine To promise all that's kind and fair: But thou, O human heart of mine, Be still, contain thyself, and bear.

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Each for himself is still the rule We learn it when we go to school The devil take the hindmost, O!

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Be but faithful, that is all; Go right on, and close behind thee There shall follow still and find thee Help, sure help.

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That out of sight is out of mind is true of most we leave behind.

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Afloat. We move: Delicious! Ah, What else is like the gondola?

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