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“Time has laid his hand Upon my heart gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Golden Legend. iv.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- d85ea00bf44db33311beb6186cc77433351b46c0e7497d2af92c7178922adbec
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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