“Alas, why does my mind have to walk through the dust of the past every day?”
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) Indian writer and guru
#14702, Part 15
Twenty Seven Thousand Aspiration Plants Part 1-270 (1983)
The Earthly Paradise (1868-70), The Lady of the Land
Context: "Alas, alas! another day gone by,
Another day and no soul come," she said;
"Another year, and still I am not dead!"
And with that word once more her head she raised,
And on the trembling man with great eyes gazed.
“Alas, why does my mind have to walk through the dust of the past every day?”
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) Indian writer and guru
#14702, Part 15
Twenty Seven Thousand Aspiration Plants Part 1-270 (1983)
“Two souls alas! dwell in my breast.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe book Faust
Zwey Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust.
Outside the Gate of the Town
Faust, Part 1 (1808)
“Dobbin at manger pulls his hay:
Gone is another summer’s day.”
Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) English poet and fiction writer
Summer Evening.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Source: Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
Victoria Moran (1950) American writer
Source: Lit From Within: Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty
Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician
"The Bright Days of My Youth" (original Irish Gaelic title "Na Laetha Geal M'óige")
Song lyrics, Watermark (1988)
Dr. Seuss book One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960)
Variant: From there to here,
from here to there,
funny things are everywhere.
Source: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Henriette Avram (1919–2006) American computer programmer and system analyst. She developed the MARC formatting used in libraries
On receiving life membership to ALA
Source: They Won! And did it ALA’s Way, 1997, p.73
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
The Factory
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)