Living
On Days Gone by Us We Look Back
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
On days gone by us we look back
As on a last year's almanack.
We never think 'tis worth our while
To crowd with it the dusty file,
Yet might the cast-off sheet supply,
If studied, some true prophecy.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “On Days Gone by Us We Look Back.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/930/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “On Days Gone by Us We Look Back.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/930/.
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