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POETIC APHORISMS.
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CHRISTIAN LOVE.

Whilom Love was like a fire, and warmth and comfort it bespoke;
But, alas! it now is quenched, and only bites us, like the smoke.


ART AND TACT.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;
Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.