Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;- All things, in short, to which belong The charm, the grace … - Henry Austin Dobson

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If someone is cynical and doesn't vote and ends up with a crummy job in a crummy country with a decimated environment, they only have themselves to blame.

Henry Austin Dobson

Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;- All things, in short, to which belong The charm, the grace that Time makes strong, All these I prize, but (entre nous) Old friends are best!

Book, Nankin, Old, Short, Strong, Wine

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Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go.

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All passes, Art alone Enduring stays to us; The Bust out-lasts the throne,-- The coin, Tiberius.

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O, Love's but a dance, Where Time plays the fiddle! See the couples advance - O, Love's but a dance! A whisper, a glance, "Shall we twirl down the middle?" O, Love's but a dance, Where Time plays the fiddle!

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The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to the eyes; Their white is stays for ever, Their red it never dies; But Phyllida, my Phillida! Her colour comes and goes; It trembles to a lily,-- It wavers to a rose.

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Love comes unseen; we only see it go.

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