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A quotation from Shelley

All things that we love and cherish,
   Like ourselves must fade and perish;
Such is our rude mortal lot —
   Love itself would, did they not.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English poet
Poem (1820), “Death,” st. 4, Posthumous Poems (1824)

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe - Poem (1820), "Death," st. 4, Posthumous Poems (1824) | WIST Quotations

All things that we love and cherish, Like ourselves must fade and perish; Such is our rude mortal lot -- Love itself would, did they not.

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