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And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art , to dust returnest , " Was not spoken of the soul . Not enjoyment , and not sorrow , Is our destined end or way ; But to act , that each to - morrow Find us further than to - day .
And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art , to dust returnest , " Was not spoken of the soul . Not enjoyment , and not sorrow , Is our destined end or way ; But to act , that each to - morrow Find us further than to - day .
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THE GRAVE OF THE BELOVED . WASHINGTON IRVING , SORROW for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced . Every other wound we seek to heal : every other affliction to forget ; but this wound we consider our duty to ...
THE GRAVE OF THE BELOVED . WASHINGTON IRVING , SORROW for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced . Every other wound we seek to heal : every other affliction to forget ; but this wound we consider our duty to ...
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Aye , go to the grave of buried love , and meditate ! There settle the account with thy conscience for every past benefit unrequited , every past endearment unregarded , of that being who can never , never , never return to be soothed ...
Aye , go to the grave of buried love , and meditate ! There settle the account with thy conscience for every past benefit unrequited , every past endearment unregarded , of that being who can never , never , never return to be soothed ...
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| Title | The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
| Author | Warren P. Edgarton |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Mason Brothers, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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