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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.
Weep no more, lady, weep no more,
Thy sorrowe is in vaine,
For violets pluckt, the sweetest read more
Weep no more, lady, weep no more,
Thy sorrowe is in vaine,
For violets pluckt, the sweetest showers
Will ne'er make grow againe.
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.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and
calculators has succeeded.
The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and
calculators has succeeded.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole 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.
