Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

Robert Frost
About This Quote

This quote from William Blake is a great reminder that the best, most beautiful things in life come and go. In fact, they often get replaced by something more powerful and beautiful. It's a great analogy for the way we should treat our relationships with others, with love being replaced by deep affection, friendship being replaced by intimacy, and so on.

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  1. We love the things we love for what they are.
  2. Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
  3. The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition.
  4. I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate wilfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: I don't know...
  5. Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season?
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