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The soul of man is like the rolling world,
One half in day, the other dipt in night;
The one has music and the flying cloud,
The other, silence and the wakeful stars.

Alexander Smith
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In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it.

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The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

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Some books are drenchèd sands
On which a great soul's wealth lies all in heaps,
Like a wrecked argosy.

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Alexander Smith

Alexander Smith

Born: December 31, 1830
Died: January 5, 1867 (aged 36)
Bio: Alexander Smith was a Scottish poet, labelled as one of the Spasmodic School, and essayist.
Known for:
  1. Dreamthorp
  2. City poems
  3. D & D Poetry
Most used words:
  • grows
  • man
  • days
  • books
  • love
  • library
  • soul

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