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SPINOZA by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN

First Line: A LOCK OF HAIR TO GOOD SPINOZA'S MANES!
Last Line: CROWNED WITH HER LAUREL HIS IMMORTAL NAME.
Subject(s): IMMORTALITY; PRAISE;

A LOCK of hair to good Spinoza's manes!
The Spirit of the world infused his own;
He saw the boundless universe instinct
With love, and yet, alas! he dwelt alone.
Filled with divine and happy thought, his mind
Took little heed of human praise or blame;
Disciples he had none, yet deathless glory
Crowned with her laurel his immortal name.



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