I dread no more the first white in my hair, Or even age itself, the easy shoe, The cane, the wrinkled hands, the special chair: Time, doing this to me, may alter too My sorrow, into something I can bear.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay Quote
“Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!”
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