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Summum Bonum - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Summum Bonum

By Robert BrowningSource: Robert Browning - PoetryDB (Public Domain)83 words

All the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one bee:

All the wonder and wealth of the mine in the heart of one gem:

In the core of one pearl all the shade and the shine of the sea:

Breath and bloom, shade and shine,--wonder, wealth, and--how far above them--

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