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Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight;
Make me a child again just for tonight.
Mother, read more
Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight;
Make me a child again just for tonight.
Mother, come back from the echoeless shore,
Take me again to your heart as of yore.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
Punctuality is the thief of time.
Punctuality is the thief of time.
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the cleare we should see through it. -Jean read more
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the cleare we should see through it. -Jean Paul.
Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
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Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
Toil without recompense--tears all in vain,
Take them and give me my childhood again.
I have grown weary of dust and decay,
Weary of sowing for others to reap;
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
Procastination is the thief of Time.
Procastination is the thief of Time.
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.
A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.
A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.