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O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
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O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
These fatuous, ineffectual yesterdays.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
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.
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished- for state. When did history become a bad word?
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished- for state. When did history become a bad word?
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
