Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal …

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Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away. ✨ Horace, Edward Henry Blakeney (1970). Horace on the art of poetry: Latin text, English prose translation, introduction and notes, together with Ben Jonson's English verse rendering, Books for Libraries
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Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away. ✨ Horace, Edward Henry Blakeney (1970). Horace on the art of poetry: Latin text, English prose translation, introduction and notes, together with Ben Jonson's English verse rendering, Books for Libraries

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