The melancholy river bears us on. When the moon comes through the trai…

Virginia Woolf
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The melancholy river bears us on. When the moon comes through the trailing willow boughs, I see your face, I hear your voice and the bird singing as we pass the osier bed. What are you whispering? Sorrow, sorrow. Joy, joy. Woven together, like reeds in moonlight. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2015). The String Quartet, p.5, Booklassic
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