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> [Now spring returns; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health have flown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bruce/now-spring-returns-but-not-to-me-returns-the-vernal-joy-my-better/)

[Michael Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bruce/)

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## More by Michael Bruce

> [In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows has a part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bruce/in-every-pang-that-rends-the-heart-the-man-of-sorrows-has-a-part/)

[Michael Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bruce/)

> [But evil fortune has decreed, (The foe of mice as well as men) The royal mouse at last should bleed, Should fall ne'er to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bruce/but-evil-fortune-has-decreed-the-foe-of-mice-as-well-as-men-the-royal/)

[Michael Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bruce/)

> [Now spring returns; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bruce/now-spring-returns-but-not-to-me-returns-the-vernal-joy-my-better/)

[Michael Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bruce/)

> [Now Spring returns; but not to me returns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bruce/now-spring-returns-but-not-to-me-returns/)

[Michael Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bruce/)

> [Oft morning-dreams presage approaching fate; And morning -dreams, as poets tell, are true, Led by pale ghosts, I enter Death's dark gate, And bid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bruce/oft-morning-dreams-presage-approaching-fate-and-morning-dreams-as/)

[Michael Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bruce/)

> [Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, For morning dreams, as poets tell, are true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bruce/oft-morning-dreams-presage-approaching-fate-for-morning-dreams-as/)

[Michael Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bruce/)

> [I remember we were out on the road when the album finally came out in February 1973. I listened to it in my hotel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bruce/i-remember-we-were-out-on-the-road-when-the-album-finally-came-out-in/)

[Michael Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bruce/)

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