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— The grave's dark portal
Soon shuts this world of shadows from our view,
Then shall we grasp realities immortal,
If to the truth within us we are true.

— Emma Catherine Embury

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More quotes by Emma Catherine Embury

The gathered rose, and the stolen heart,
Can charm but for a day.

When the glad sun, exulting in his might,
Comes from the dusky-curtain'd tents of night.

There dwelleth in the sinlessness of youth
A sweet rebuke that vice may not endure.

Peace, sweet Peace, is always found
In her eternal home on holy ground.

Number the riches by thy memory hoarded,
Relics of joys thy by-past years have known, —
How many real things has life afforded?
How much true light was o'er thy pathway thrown?

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