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.

Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.

Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.

The best of prophets of the future is the past.

The best of prophets of the future is the past.

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

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

It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the read more

It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the past.

The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.

The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.

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..

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

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

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