Duty surviving Self-Love
The only sure friend of declining life A Soliloquy Unchanged within, to see all changed without, Is a blank lot and hard to bear, no doubt. Yet why at others' Wanings should'st thou fret? Then only might'st thou feel a just regret, Hadst thou withheld thy love or hid thy light In selfish forethought of neglect and slight. O wiselier then, from feeble yearnings freed, While, and on whom, thou may'st, shine on! nor heed Whether the object by reflected light Return thy radiance or absorb it quite: And tho' thou notest from thy safe recess Old Friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air, Love them for what they are ; nor love them less, Because to thee they are not what they were
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"The only sure friend of declining life..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Samuel Taylor Coleridge delivers a powerful performance in "Duty surviving Self-Love"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...