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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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William Vaughn Moody. (1869–1910) (continued)
 
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    Hark, below, the many-voiced earth,
The chanting of the old religious trees,
Rustle of far-off waters, woven sounds
Of small and multitudinous lives awake,
Peopling the grasses and the pools with joy,
Uttering their meaning to the mystic night!
          The Fire-Bringer. Act ii.
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              Passion is power,
And, kindly tempered, saves. All things declare
Struggle hath deeper peace than sleep can bring.
          The Masque of Judgment. Act iii. Sc. 2.
 
Edwin Arlington Robinson. (1869–1935)
 
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        He was himself and he had lost the speed
He started with, and he was left behind.
          Captain Craig.
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            You have made
The cement of your churches out of tears
And ashes, and the fabric will not stand.
          Captain Craig.
8205
            The gods are growing old;
The stars are singing Golden hair to gray
Green leaf to yellow leaf,—or chlorophyl
To xanthophyl, to be more scientific.
          Captain Craig.
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          We are young
And we are friends of time.
          Captain Craig.
 
Rudyard Kipling. (1865–1936)
 
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    So ’ere’s to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your ’ome in the Soudan;
You’re a pore benighted ’eathen but a first-class fightin’ man.
          Fuzzy-Wuzzy.
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    ’E’s all ’ot sand an’ ginger when alive
An’ ’e’s generally shammin’ when ’e’s dead.
          Fuzzy-Wuzzy.