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“That very law which moulds a tear And bids it trickle from its source,-- That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.”
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- Source:
- On a Tear.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 8d591d82dec182c6777ac3b9c1a17d354943efe05ec4c8d4e3a8952de58c33ec
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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