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O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
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O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate,
Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
If bent on groaning ever for the past?
But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
If bent on groaning ever for the past?
The next day is never so good as the day before.
The next day is never so good as the day before.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
