 tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.  The Dublin University Magazine - Page 1841853Full view - About this book
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...peace ! lie the earth light upon him, and judgment lighter ! Be his own lines never forgotten : — " To step aside is human. One point must still be greatly...Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord, its various tone, Each spring, its various bias. Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it : Wliat's... | |
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