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Within a temple's towering walls I stand
A temple vast; the heaven is its dome:
No corniced crag was hewn by human hand,
Nor by it wrought this tracery of foam;


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If he bring me a rose, a briar rose,
To place in my braided hair,
I shall know there are thorns in life for me
And many a wearying care.
If he bring me a lily pure and pale
And lay it upon my breast,
I shall know that my life will be of peace,
As a bird in its mother's nest.


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O wondrous sphinx! within thy marble breast
What undreamed secrets lie concealed!
Hast thou no pity for my wild unrest
My maddening longing for the unrevealed?


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Clara Jessup Moore

Clara Jessup Moore

Born: 1824
Died: 1899 (aged 75)
Bio: Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield-Moore was an American philanthropist and writer, born in Westfield, Massachusetts. She married businessman Bloomfield Haines Moore and resided in Philadelphia from the date of her marriage onward.
Known for:
  1. Keely and His Discoveries
  2. Frank and Fanny: A Rural Story

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