“Sweetest melodies
Are those that are by distance made more sweet.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
Personal Talk, Stanza 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“All that's bright must fade,—
The brightest and the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made,
But to be lost when sweetest.”
"All that's Bright Must Fade" (Indian Air), National Airs (1823).
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