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Men Quotes by Walter de La Mare
- Very old are the woods; And the buds that break Out of the brier's boughs, When March winds wake, So old with their beauty are--…
- Once a man strays out of the common herd, he's more likely to meet wolves in the thickets than angels.
- After all, what is every man? A horde of ghosts – like a Chinese nest of boxes – oaks that were acorns that were oaks.…
- Hi! handsome hunting man Fire your little gun. Bang! Now the animal is dead and dumb and done. Nevermore to peep again, creep again, leap…
- Tell them I came, and no one answered, That I kept my word," he said. Never the least stir made the listeners, Though every word…
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