Memory they survive so long, as saints, as heroes, as gods ; they alone surviving ; peopling, they alone, the unmeasured solitudes of Time ! To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind ; Heaven is kind, — as a noble Mother ; as that Spartan Mother,... Life of Thomas Carlyle - Page 172by Richard Garnett - 1887 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
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