Quote#Nature
Moons waxed and waned, the lilacs bloomed and died
Quote byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1807–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863–1874), Pt. II, Lady Wentworth, st. 6..
English (original)
Moons waxed and waned, the lilacs bloomed and died, In the broad river ebbed and flowed the tide, Ships went to sea, and ships came home from sea, And the slow years sailed by and ceased to be.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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