Quote#Time
Time has laid his hand
Quote byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1807–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Golden Legend (1851), Pt. IV, The Cloisters..
English (original)
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.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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