Come! our world is done: For all the witchery of the world is fled, And lost all wanton wisdom long since won.

Lionel Pigot Johnson
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Come! our world is done: For all the witchery of the world is fled and lost all wanton wisdom long since won meaning in this quote, we must accept that we are not going to get anything more in the way of magic or pleasure. The world has already passed us by and we must be content with what we have already been given.

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