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“Go thou to East, I West.
We will not say
There’s any hope, it is so far away.”
—Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)
“For want of me the world’s course will not fail:
When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
The truth is great, and shall prevail,
When none cares whether it prevail or not.”
—Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)
“With all my will, but much against my heart,
We two now part.”
—Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)
“For want of me the world’s course will not fail:
When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
The truth is great, and shall prevail,
When none cares whether it prevail or not.”
—Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)
“Here, in this little Bay,
Full of tumultuous life and great repose,
Where, twice a day,
The purposeless, glad ocean comes and goes,”
—Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)
“With all my will, but much against my heart,
We two now part.”
—Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)
“The world, unfathomably fair,
Is duller than a witling’s jest.
Love wakes men, once a lifetime each;
They lift their heavy lids, and look;
And, lo, what one sweet page can teach,
They read with joy, then shut the book.”
—Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)