“But an old age serene and bright,
And lovely as a Lapland night,
Shall lead thee to thy grave.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
To a Young Lady, st. 3 (1805).
“And there shall be for thee all soft delight
That shadowy thought can win,
A bright torch, and a casement ope at night,
To let the warm Love in!”
"Ode to Psyche", st. 5
Poems (1820)
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