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ON MAN by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

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First Line: IN HIS OWN IMAGE THE CREATOR MADE
Last Line: THE PRESENT HOUR WAS EVER MARKED WITH SHADE!
Subject(s): ADVERSITY; CONSOLATION;
In his own image the Creator made,
His own pure sunbeam quickened thee, O man!
Thou breathing dial! since the day began
The present hour was ever marked with shade!


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