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We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and see our illusions die.
We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and see our illusions die.
Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern
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- W.H. Auden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern
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