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> [Eternity! How know we but we stand On the precipitous and crumbling verge Of Time e'en now, Eternity below?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/eternity-how-know-we-but-we-stand-on-the-precipitous-and-crumbling/)

[Abraham Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-coles/)

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## More by Abraham Coles

> [Eternity! How know we but we stand On the precipitous and crumbling verge Of Time e'en now, Eternity below?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/eternity-how-know-we-but-we-stand-on-the-precipitous-and-crumbling/)

[Abraham Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-coles/)

> [“Day of wrath, that day of burning, Seer and Sibyl speak concerning, All the world to ashes turning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/day-of-wrath-that-day-of-burning-seer-and-sibyl-speak-concerning-all/)

[Abraham Coles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-coles/)

> [Much of our ignorance is of ourselves. Our eyes are full of dust. Prejudice blinds us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/much-of-our-ignorance-is-of-ourselves-our-eyes-are-full-of-dust/)

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> [True love is humble, thereby is it known; Girded for service, seeking not its own; Vaunts not itself, but speaks in self-dispraise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/true-love-is-humble-thereby-is-it-known-girded-for-service-seeking/)

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> [On eyes that watch as well as eyes that weep Descends the solemn mystery of sleep, Toiling and climbing to the very close, The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/on-eyes-that-watch-as-well-as-eyes-that-weep-descends-the-solemn/)

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> [Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds of Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/fling-out-fling-out-with-cheer-and-shout-to-all-the-winds-of-our/)

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> [Taking our stand on the immovable rock of Christ's character we risk nothing in saying that the wine of miracle answered to the wine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/taking-our-stand-on-the-immovable-rock-of-christ-s-character-we-risk/)

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> [O loving woman, man's fulfillment, sweet, Completing him not otherwise complete! How void and useless the sad remnant left Were he of her, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/o-loving-woman-man-s-fulfillment-sweet-completing-him-not-otherwise/)

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> [Let us not doubt that God has a father's pity towards us, and that in the removal of that which is dearest to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/let-us-not-doubt-that-god-has-a-father-s-pity-towards-us-and-that-in/)

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> [Who has not seen that feeling born of flame Crimson the cheek at mention of a name? The rapturous touch of some divine surpriseFlash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/who-has-not-seen-that-feeling-born-of-flame-crimson-the-cheek-at/)

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> [We hail the return of the day of thy birth, Fair Columbia! washed by the waves of two oceans Where men from the farthest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/we-hail-the-return-of-the-day-of-thy-birth-fair-columbia-washed-by/)

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> [The grave, where sets the orb of being, sets To rise, ascend, and culminate above Eternity's horizon evermore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/the-grave-where-sets-the-orb-of-being-sets-to-rise-ascend-and/)

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> [Within a bony labrinthean cave, Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave, This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found, Muse, that presides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/within-a-bony-labrinthean-cave-reached-by-the-pulse-of-the-aerial/)

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> [O most illustrious of the days of time! Day full of joy and benison to earth When Thou wast born, sweet Babe of Bethlehem!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/o-most-illustrious-of-the-days-of-time-day-full-of-joy-and-benison-to/)

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> [The power to bind and loose to Truth is given: The mouth that speaks it is the mouth of Heaven, The power, which in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-coles/the-power-to-bind-and-loose-to-truth-is-given-the-mouth-that-speaks/)

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