“Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
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Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
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“I have no news
of my coming
or passing away--
the whole thing
happened quicker
than a breath;
ask no questions
of the moth.”
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of my coming
or passing away--
the whole thing
happened quicker
than a breath;
ask no questions
of the moth.”
―
“Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.”
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“Vintage books, old china, antiques; maybe I love old things so much because I feel impermanent myself.”
― Fatal Shadows
― Fatal Shadows
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