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• As still to the star of its worship, though clouded
  The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea, So dark when I roam in this wintry world shrouded, The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee....
• I knew peace until I found Thalia. <G&l
• Here 's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate
  And whatever sky 's above me, Here 's a heart for every fate....
• The world was very guilty of such a ballad some three ages since
  but I think now 't is not to be found. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Love's Labour 's Lost -- Act i, Sc....
• I know not, I ask not, if guilt 's in that heart, I but know that I love thee whatever thou art.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Come, rest in this Bosom...
• My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea
  But before I go, Tom Moore, Here 's a double health to thee!...
• I give thee all,--I can no more, Though poor the off'ring be
  My heart and lute are all the store That I can bring to thee....
• The world is a powder keg, and I but a humble flame.
• Thus, when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks around in fear and doubt.
  But soon, the prospect clearing, By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds....