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“Yet then from all my grief, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the confidence of pray'r My soul took hold on thee.”

Soul Prayer Grief Lord Praying Mercy My Soul Thee

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“My waking thoughts are all of thee. Your portrait and the remembrance of last night's delirium have robbed my senses of repose. Sweet and incomparable Josephine, what an extraordinary influence you have over my heart. Are you vexed? Do I see you sad? Are you ill at ease? My soul is broken with grief, and there is no rest for your lover.”

Heart Soul Lasts Night Grief Influence Sweet Broken Lovers My Heart Army Extraordinary Ill Senses My Soul Thee Ease Waking Portraits Remembrance Last Night Repose Delirium Incomparable

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Sorrow was all my soul; I scarce believed, Till grief did tell me roundly, that I lived.”

Soul Grief Sorrow My Soul Scarce

Author:George Herbert

“While I am compassed round With mirth, my soul lies hid in shades of grief, Whence, like the bird of night, with half-shut eyes, She peeps, and sickens at the sight of day.”

Soul Eye Lying Night Grief Half Bird Sight Rounds My Soul Shade Mirth

Book:The Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas....: Now First Collected Together, and Corrected from the Roginals

Source: The Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas....: Now First Collected Together, and Corrected from the Roginals

“My soul's a little grief, grappling your chest, To climb your throat on sobs; easily chased On other sighs and wiped by fresher winds.”

Littles Soul Grief Wind My Soul Climbs Chests Throat Sigh Grappling

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)

“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”

“Then he holds her and for a moment I hear total silence; that totally silent part of a cry that announces that the most horrible grief is going to follow. And it does, and he's muffling it, but I can hear and I want someone to come over and jab her with a sedative because its pitch pierces my soul.”

Want Doe I Can Soul Moments Grief Silence Cry Silent Horrible My Soul Pierce

Author:Melina Marchetta

“Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of griefs is not a proscenium, and a man who wails is not a dancing bear.”

Men Soul Body Life Is Grief Attitude Sea Arms Bears Dancing Assuming My Soul Spectators Crossings

Author:Aime Cesaire

“If, on thinking this, I look up to see if reality can quench my thirst, I see inexpressive facades, inexpressive faces, inexpressive gestures. Stones, bodies, ideas - all dead. All movements are one great standstill. Nothing means anything to me, not because it's unfamiliar but because I don't know what it is. The world has slipped away. And in the bottom of my soul - as the only reality of this moment - there's an intense and invisible grief, a sadness like the sound of someone crying in a dark room.”

“After all the dangerous adventures I'd had, I couldn't die like this. Sadie would be devastated. Then, once she got over her grief, she'd track down my soul in the Egyptian afterlife and tease me mercilessly for how stupid I'd been.”

Soul Would Be Dies Grief Dangerous Stupid Adventure Track My Soul Afterlife Tease Egyptian Devastated Sadie Tease Me

Author:Rick Riordan

“This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness.”

Mind Book Soul Grief Darkness Sorrow Despair My Soul Triumph

Book:The Cosmic God: A Fundamental Philosophy in Popular Lectures

Source: The Cosmic God: A Fundamental Philosophy in Popular Lectures