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O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with read more
Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.
Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my read more
Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
The next day is never so good as the day before.
The next day is never so good as the day before.
O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the read more
O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate,
Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the read more
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.
The past is past and only a better Future can change that...
The past is past and only a better Future can change that...