When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries.

Jean Ingelow
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  1. I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

  2. Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes they turn Like marigolds toward the sunny side.

  3. The moon looks upon many night flowers the night flowers see but one moon.

  4. Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.

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