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What voice did on my spirit fall, Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost? 'Tis better to have fought and lost That never to have fought at all!
Topic: Choice
Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
It fortifies my soul to know That though I perish, truth is so; That, wheresoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er I do, Thou dost not change. I steadier step when I recall That, if I slip, Thou dost not fall.
Topic: Christianity
Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking, But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho! How pleasant it is to have money!
Topic: Money
Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.
Topic: Sports
Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain, And yet consider it again!
Topic: Thought
Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
Old things need not be therefore true, O brother men, nor yet the new; Ah! still awhile the old thought retain, And yet consider it again!
Topic: Thought
Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
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