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There are whole veins of diamonds in thine eyes,
Might furnish crowns for all the Queens of earth.

— Philip James Bailey Festus (1813)

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Poets are all who love, who feel great truths,
And tell them; and the truth of truths is love.

Festus (1839)

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial.

Festus (1839)

Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

Festus (1839)

Love spends his all, and still hath store.

Festus (1813)

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.

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