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* * * Years steal Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb; And life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
* * * Years steal Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb; And life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 13 · quotation 9 · Byron · Childe Harold. Canto III. St. 8.
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