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No matter what we are, and what we sing,
Time finds a withered leaf in every laurel

— Edwin Arlington Robinson

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I shall have more to say when I am dead.

The Three Taverns (1920)

The power is yours, but not the sight;
You see not upon what you tread;
You have the ages for your guide,
But not the wisdom to be led.

Your Dollar is your only Word,
The wrath of it your only fear.
You build it altars tall enough
To make you see, but your are blind;
You cannot leave it long enough
To look before you or behind.

Cassandra (1950)

You have made
The cement of your churches out of tears
And ashes, and the fabric will not stand.

Captain Craig (1902)

We are young
And we are friends of time.

Captain Craig (1902)

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