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The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
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 is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
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.
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
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?
No traces left of all the busy scene,
But that remembrances says: The things have been.
No traces left of all the busy scene,
But that remembrances says: The things have been.
The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
