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Christopher P. Cranch. 1813- ——

Thought is deeper than all speech,
Feeling deeper than all thought;
Souls to souls can never teach
What unto themselves was taught.

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We are spirits clad in veils;
Man by man was never seen;
All our deep communing fails
To remove the shadowy screen.

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