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...and feeling which had slept From boyhood-hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — h» wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose...the only sense Of guiltless joy that guilt can know. Heaven's choicest gift at last was found. Divest the rhythm of all that is fanciful and scenic in form,...

...scent of the roses will hang round it still. Quem pcenitet peccasse, pcena est innocens (Seneca) — Blest tears of soul-felt penitence, In whose benign...only sense, Of guiltless joy that guilt can know. HANNAH MORE. Principiis obsta : sero medicina paratur, Cum mala per longas convaluere moras (Ovid)...

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...resting place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ! — He hung his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! NOW Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. And the king said...

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...falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near. JAMES MONTGOMERY: Prayer. Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign,...first, the only sense Of guiltless joy that guilt may know! Come, chase that starting tear away Ere mine to meet it springs ; To-night, at least to-night...

...throne of God, and that I have at last found favor in the sight of the heavenly choirs by those •* Blest tears of soul-felt penitence, In whose benign,...first, the only sense Of guiltless joy that guilt cau know.'" When the sick man had finished the recital of his story, during which he was several times...