Quote#Time
No matter what we are, and what we sing
Quote byEdwin Arlington Robinson · 1869–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Closing couplet- Quatrain 111 Children of the Night 1897 edition kindle ebook ASIN B004UJKLY2.
English (original)
No matter what we are, and what we sing, Time finds a withered leaf in every laurel
— Edwin Arlington Robinson
More from Edwin Arlington Robinson
The gods are growing old; The stars are singing Golden hair to gray Green leaf to yellow leaf,—or chlorophyl To xanthophyl, to be more scientific.
You have made The cement of your churches out of tears And ashes, and the fabric will not stand.
Oh for a poet - for a beacon bright
He was himself and he had lost the speed He started with, and he was left behind.
I shall have more to say when I am dead.
We are young And we are friends of time.