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I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,
I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,
You have to know the past to understand the present.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
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.
The past is behind, just learn from it. The future is ahead, must prepare for it. The present is here; read more
The past is behind, just learn from it. The future is ahead, must prepare for it. The present is here; you gotta live it..
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.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the 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.
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.