The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.

The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.

The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.

The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.

Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.

Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.

The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.

The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.

To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
If bent on groaning ever for the past?

But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
If bent on groaning ever for the past?