The pure, the beautiful, the bright, That stirred our heart… - Sarah Doudney

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The pure, the beautiful, the bright,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse to a wordless prayer, The dreams of love and truth,
The longings after something lost, The spirit’s yearning cry,
The strivings after better hopes,—
These things can never die.

Sarah Doudney

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Sarah Doudney (15 January 1841, Portsea, Hampshire – 8 December 1926, Oxford) was an English novelist and poet, best known as a children's writer and hymnwriter.

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