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“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.”
― The Complete Poems
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.”
― The Complete Poems
“It's hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a single moment.”
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“Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside you watching the clouds until the earth covers us and we are gone.”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
“Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.”
― Light in August
― Light in August
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
― 100 Love Sonnets
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