James Brunton Stephens

“ A kindred element of law and peace.
So, too, our strange unrest in this our dwelling,
The trembling that thou joinest with our mirth,
Are but thy magnet-communings compelling
Our spirits farther from the scope of earth. ”

“ The loved who live ah, — God! how few they are!
I looked above; and Heaven in mercy found me
This parable of comfort in a star.
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