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title: "Sad hours and glad hours, and all hours, pass over; One thing unshake… — James Branch Cabell Quote #7 | QuotesBy.net"
description: "Sad hours and glad hours, and all hours, pass over; One thing unshaken stays: Life, that hath Death for spouse, hath Chance for lover; Whereby decays… — a quote by James Branch Cabell."
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> # Sad hours and glad hours, and all hours, pass over; One thing unshaken stays: Life, that hath Death for spouse, hath Chance for lover; Whereby decays Each thing save one thing: - mid this strife diurnal Of hourly change begot, Love that is God-born, bides as God eternal, And changes not; - Nor means a tinseled dream pursuing lovers Find altered by-and-bye, When, with possession, time anon discovers Trapped dreams must die, - For he that visions God, of mankind gathers One manlike trait alone, And reverently imputes to Him a father's Love for his son.

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## More from James Branch Cabell

1. > Criticism, whatever may be its pretensions, never does more than to define the impression which is made upon it at a certain moment by a work wherein the write…

[Permalink to quote \#6](https://quotesby.net/James-Branch-Cabell/6/ "Permalink to quote 6")
2. > The Terrible and Marvellous History of Manuel Pig-Tender That Afterwards Was Named Manuel the Redeemer.

[Permalink to quote \#8](https://quotesby.net/James-Branch-Cabell/8/ "Permalink to quote 8")
3. > Tell the rabble my name is Cabell.

[Permalink to quote \#5](https://quotesby.net/James-Branch-Cabell/5/ "Permalink to quote 5")

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