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I find no hint throughout the Universe Of good or ill, of blessing or of curse; I find… — James Thomson (B.V.)

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I find no hint throughout the Universe Of good or ill, of blessing or of curse; I find alone Necessity Supreme.

James Thomson (B.V.)
1874
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Thomson, James. "The City of Dreadful Night." The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems. London: Reeves and Turner, 1880, st. 14. Originally published in the National Reformer, 1874.

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