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“'T is hers to pluck the amaranthine flower Of faith, and round the sufferer's temples bind Wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower, And do not shrink from sorrow's keenest wind.”
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- Source:
- Weak is the Will of Man.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 08b8e6ed0a8e30d0905f586f46aec4933b2918ef56772d043e4de9146047ea86
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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