I take it that I must be the eternal playfellow of time. For piety and…

James Branch Cabell
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I take it that I must be the eternal playfellow of time. For piety and common-sense and death are rightfully time's toys; and it is with these three that I divert myself. ✨ James Branch Cabell (1927). Townsend of Lichfield
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I take it that I must be the eternal playfellow of time. For piety and common-sense and death are rightfully time's toys; and it is with these three that I divert myself. ✨ James Branch Cabell (1927). Townsend of Lichfield

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