Chapter 423

Often do the spirits Of great events stride on before the events. And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

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ROBERT SOUTHEY. 1774-1843.

_Curse of Kehama_. Canto x.

They sin who tell us love can die. With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity.

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CHARLES LAMB. 1775-1834.

_Old Familiar Faces_.

I have had playmates, 1 have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

_Detached Thoughts on Books_.

Books which are no books.

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THOMAS CAMPBELL. 1777-1844.

_Pleasures of Hope_.