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Theology

Paul Laurence Dunbar

There is a heaven, for ever, day by day,
The upward longing of my soul doth tell me so.
There is a hell, I'm quite as sure; for pray
If there were not, where would my neighbours go?




Quotes of the Day

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
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    The Summer Day
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