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Fragment: 'Is It That in Some Brighter Sphere' - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Fragment: 'Is It That in Some Brighter Sphere'

By Percy Bysshe ShelleySource: Percy Bysshe Shelley - PoetryDB (Public Domain)48 words

Is it that in some brighter sphere

We part from friends we meet with here?

Or do we see the Future pass

Over the Present's dusky glass?

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