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If one slight column counterweighs    The ocean, 'tis the Maker's law, Who deems obedience better praise    Than sacrifice of erring awe.

From Angel in the House by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

If one slight column counterweighs The ocean, 'tis the Maker's law, Who deems obedience better praise Than sacrifice of erring awe.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert