“T'was Spring, t'was Summer, all was gay
Now Autumn bears a cloud brow
The flowers of Spring are swept way
And Summer fruits desert the bough”
from Autumn
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Thomas Gray81
English poet, historian 1716–1771Related quotes
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Poetry Quotes
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Halldór Laxness book The Atom Station
the organist
Atómstöðin (The Atom Station) (1948)
“Beautiful language! Love's peculiar, own,
But only to the spring and summer known.”
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