When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of …

George MacDonald
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When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire; when I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire- O, be thou then the first, the one thou art; be thou the calling, before all answering love, and in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire. ✨ George MacDonald (2006). A Book of Strife in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul, p.6, ReadHowYouWant.com
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