Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone… - John Keble

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Why should we faint and fear to live alone,
Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die,
Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own,
Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh?

John Keble

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John Keble (25 April 1792 – 29 March 1866) was an English churchman, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement, and gave his name to Keble College, Oxford.

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Sprinkled along the waste of years
Full many a soft green isle appears:
Pause where we may along the desert road,
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Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die, Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half… - John Keble

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