Quote#Wisdom
There paused to shut the door
Quote byBliss Carman · 1861–1929
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: At the Granite Gate, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
There paused to shut the door A fellow called the Wind, With mystery before, And reticence behind.
— Bliss Carman
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