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> [The swift years slip and slide adown the steep; The slow years pass; neither will come again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sharp/the-swift-years-slip-and-slide-adown-the-steep-the-slow-years-pass/)

[William Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sharp/)

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## Other authors on Carpe

## More by William Sharp

> [The gray silence, the gray waves, the gray wastes of the sea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sharp/the-gray-silence-the-gray-waves-the-gray-wastes-of-the-sea/)

[William Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sharp/)

> [In the beginning, said a Persian poet Allah took a rose, a lily, a dove, a serpent, a little honey, a Dead Sea apple,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sharp/in-the-beginning-said-a-persian-poet-allah-took-a-rose-a-lily-a-dove/)

[William Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sharp/)

> [“O never a green leaf whispers, where the green-gold branches swing: O never a song I hear now, where one was wont to sing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sharp/o-never-a-green-leaf-whispers-where-the-green-gold-branches-swing-o/)

[William Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sharp/)

> [The desire of love, Joy:The desire of life, Peace:The desire of the soul, Heaven:The desire of God ... a flame-white secret forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sharp/the-desire-of-love-joy-the-desire-of-life-peace-the-desire-of-the/)

[William Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sharp/)

> [Go to the winter woods: listen there, look, watch, and "the dead months" will give you a subtler secret than any you have yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sharp/go-to-the-winter-woods-listen-there-look-watch-and-the-dead-months/)

[William Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sharp/)

> [The swift years slip and slide adown the steep; The slow years pass; neither will come again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sharp/the-swift-years-slip-and-slide-adown-the-steep-the-slow-years-pass/)

[William Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sharp/)

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