No dream his life was-but a fight! Could any Beatrice see A lover in that anchorite?
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A Song for September, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Permalink to quote #4 Sorrow and scarlet leaf, Sad thoughts and sunny weather: Ah me, this glory and this grief Agree not well together!
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