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> [The whole east was flecked With flashing streaks and shafts of amethyst, While a light crimson mist Went up before the mounting luminary, And all the strips of cloud began to vary Their hues, and all the zenith seemed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epes-sargent/the-whole-east-was-flecked-with-flashing-streaks-and-shafts-of/)

[Epes Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epes-sargent/)

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## More by Epes Sargent

> [There is a just Latin axiom, that he who seeks a reason for everything subverts reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epes-sargent/there-is-a-just-latin-axiom-that-he-who-seeks-a-reason-for-everything/)

[Epes Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epes-sargent/)

> [Republics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epes-sargent/republics-like-individuals-who-are-benefited-by-personal-sacrifices/)

[Epes Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epes-sargent/)

> [True poetry, like the religious prompting itself, springs from the emotional side of a man's complex nature, and is ever in harmony with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epes-sargent/true-poetry-like-the-religious-prompting-itself-springs-from-the/)

[Epes Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epes-sargent/)

> [The cold blast at the casement beats;The window-panes are white;The snow whirls through the empty streets;It is a dreary night!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epes-sargent/the-cold-blast-at-the-casement-beats-the-window-panes-are-white-the/)

[Epes Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epes-sargent/)

> [A life on the ocean wave! A home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epes-sargent/a-life-on-the-ocean-wave-a-home-on-the-rolling-deep-where-the/)

[Epes Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epes-sargent/)

> [The human soul is like a bird that is born in a cage. Nothing can deprive it of its natural longings, or obliterate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epes-sargent/the-human-soul-is-like-a-bird-that-is-born-in-a-cage-nothing-can/)

[Epes Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epes-sargent/)

> [The whole east was flecked With flashing streaks and shafts of amethyst, While a light crimson mist Went up before the mounting luminary, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epes-sargent/the-whole-east-was-flecked-with-flashing-streaks-and-shafts-of/)

[Epes Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epes-sargent/)

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