“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
            "The Summer Day" 
New and Selected Poems (1992) 
Variant: What will you do with your one precious, wild life? 
Source: New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
        
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                                        The Path of Thorns 
Song lyrics, Solace (1992)
                                    
                                        
                                        Qu'as-tu fait, ô toi que voilà
Pleurant sans cesse,
Dis, qu'as-tu fait, toi que voilà
De ta jeunesse? 
"Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit", line 13, from Sagesse (1880); Sorrell p. 111
                                    
                                
                                    “Tell me of a happy memory, Zarek. One thing in your life that was good. (Astrid)
You. (Zarek)”
                                
                                
                                
                                
                            
Source: Dance with the Devil
                                        
                                        (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, written by Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange, and Michael Kamen 
Song lyrics, Waking Up the Neighbours (1991)