For want of me the world's course will not fail:
When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
The truth is great, and shall prevail,
When none cares whether it prevail or not.
Coventry Patmore quote Great is his faith who does believe his eyes
Coventry Patmore quote To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light
Coventry Patmore quote Some dish more sharply spiced than this
Milk-soup men call domestic bliss
Coventry Patmore quote The midge's wing beats to and fro
A thousand times ere one can utter 'O
Coventry Patmore quote The moods of love are like the wind,
And none knows whence or why they rise
Coventry Patmore quote Biography
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