Book vi

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And when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.

_The Excursion. Book vii ._

Wisdom married to immortal verse.[481-2]

_The Excursion. Book vii ._

A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident to-morrows.

_The Excursion. Book vii ._

The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe and heal and bless Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.

_The Excursion. Book ix ._

By happy chance we saw A twofold image: on a grassy bank A snow-white ram, and in the crystal flood Another and the same![481-3]

_The Excursion.