Dante Gabriel RossettiI have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore.
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If you find yourself lost in the woods, in a situation that you cannot understand, do not panic. The only way to escape this situation is to see it as a metaphor for a situation that has happened in the past. This way, when you find yourself lost again, you will know how to get out of it.
Source: The Complete Poetical Works Of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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