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O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
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O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
These fatuous, ineffectual yesterdays.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
The past is past and only a better Future can change that...
The past is past and only a better Future can change that...
Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live read more
Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
The good of other times let people state;
I think it lucky I was born so late.
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The good of other times let people state;
I think it lucky I was born so late.
[Lat., Prisca juvent alios; ego me nunc denique natum Gratulor.]
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
Praise they that will times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.
Praise they that will times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.
