Quote#Time
Because the years are few, I must be glad
Quote byKatharine Lee Bates · 1859–1929
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Debt (1923).
English (original)
Because the years are few, I must be glad; Because the silence is so near, I sing
— Katharine Lee Bates
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