The Tree of Knowledge. 19 T.J.
"Of Man"s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose Mortal taste Brought death into the World and all our woe . . .
Sing Heavenly Muse."
--_Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I_.
Truth Endureth Forever. 139 S.A.
"It fortifies my soul to know That, though I perish, Truth is so: That, howsoe"er I stray and range, Whate"er I do Thou dost not change.
I steadier step when I recall That, if I slip, Thou dost not fall."
--_Arthur Hugh Clough, Ambarvalia_.
The Unknown G.o.d. 407 L.J.
"Greece, Egypt, Rome,--did any G.o.d Before whose feet men knelt unshod Deem that in this unblest abode Another scarce more unknown G.o.d Should house with him, from Nineveh?"
--_Rossetti, The Burden of Nineveh_.
Unto Seventy Times Seven. 186 L.J.
"We poor ill-tempered mortals--must forgive, Though seven times sinning threescore times and ten."
--_Holmes, Manhood_.
The Valley of the Shadow. 35 S.A.
"Drew to the valley Named of the shadow."
--_Tennyson, Merlin and the Gleam_.
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Vine and Fig Tree 456 H.T., 369 S.A.
"You may see as thorough patriarchs as Abraham was any day, and as carefully visited by angels, sitting under their vine and fig tree."
--_Ruskin, Notes_.
Voice Crying in the Wilderness. 65 L.J.
"In this bleak wilderness I hear A John the Baptist crying."
--_Lowell, An Interview with Miles Standish_.
Walking on the Waters. 148 L.J.
"So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves."
--_Milton, Lycidas, line 172_.
The Water of Life. 508 L.J.
"The natural thirst ne"er quenched but from the well Whereof the woman of Samaria craved."
--_Dante, Divine Comedy_.
Weaver"s Beam. 386 H.T.
"Then for her spear she might have a weaver"s beam."
--_Ruskin, Crown of Wild Olive_.
Weighed in the Balance. 206 T.J.
"Their errors have been weighed and found to have been dust in the balance."
--_Sh.e.l.ley, A Defence of Poetry_.
We Spend Our Years as a Tale That is Told. 104 S.A.
"Ay! when life seems scattered apart, Darkens, ends as a tale that is told, One, we are one, O heart of my heart, One, still one, while the world grows old."
--_Alfred Noyes, Unity_.
What is Man That Thou art Mindful of Him? 22 S.A.
"A man is but a little thing among the objects of nature, yet, by the moral quality radiating from his countenance, he may abolish all considerations of magnitude, and in his manners equal the majesty of the world."
--_Emerson, Essay on Manners_.
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When the Morning Stars Sang Together. 222 S.A.
"Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; There"s not the smallest orb which thou behold"st But in his motion like an angel sings."
--_Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice 5:1_.
The Wind Fulfills His Word. 173 S.A.
"The snow, the vapour and the stormy wind fulfill his word."
--_Ruskin, The Seven Lamps of Architecture_.
Wisdom, Crying in the Streets. 249 S.A.
"Wisdom cries out in the streets and no man regards it."
--_Shakespeare, I Henry IV 1:2_.
Wisdom shall Die with You. 194 S.A.
"A man of superior sagacity may be pardoned for thinking with the friends of Job, that Wisdom will die with him."
--_Ruskin_.
Wrestling Jacob. 80 H.T.
"Like that strange angel which of old, Until the breaking of the light Wrestled with wandering Israel."
--_Tennyson, To--_.
Ye Cannot Serve G.o.d and Mammon. 205 L.J.
"We mean by war all that war ever meant, Destruction"s ministers, Death"s freemen, l.u.s.t"s Exponents, daily like a blood-red dawn In flames and crimson seas we shall advance Against the ancient immaterial reign Of Spirit, and our watchword shall be still, Get thee behind me, G.o.d,--I follow Mammon."