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Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my read more
Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
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.
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.
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.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
