We forget cruelty and past betrayal, Heedless of where the next bright…

Robert Graves
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We forget cruelty and past betrayal, Heedless of where the next bright bolt may fall. ✨ Robert Graves (2013). Selected Poems, p.130, Faber & Faber
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