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At the foot of the cross, in all humility and in all adoration, we have learned at once the depth and the height of human nature; we have learned to think all wisdom but foolishness for the knowledge of Christ; all purity but sin, unwashed by His atonement; all hope in earth, of all hopes the most miserable, but in the faith of His most blessed resurrection; content to bear the struggles of life, at His command; and submitting to the grave, with a consciousness that it can sting no more.

George Croly

The flowers are Nature's jewels, with whose wealth she decks her summer beauty.

George Croly

Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh;
Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear;
To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.

George Croly

All history is but a romance, unless it is studied as an example.

George Croly

White bud, that in meek beauty so dost lean Thy cloistered cheek as pale as moonlight snow, Thou seem'st beneath thy huge, high leaf of green, An Eremite beneath his mountain's brow.

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How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon From the slow opening curtains of the clouds Walking in beauty to her midnight throne!

George Croly

Oh! that fear
When the heart longs to know, what it is death to hear.

George Croly

George Croly

George Croly

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Born: August 17, 1780

Died: November 24, 1860 (aged 80)

Bio: George Croly was an Irish poet, novelist, historian, and Anglican priest. He was rector of St Stephen Walbrook in the City of London from 1835 until his death.

Known for:

The Modern Orlando: a Poem (1855)
Tarry thou till I come (1828)
Art of David Roberts Box
Pride Shall Have A Fall (1824)

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