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Quote by Laurence Binyon

“We too should make ourselves empty, that the great soul of the universe may fill us with its breath.”

Quote by Laurence Binyon

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Laurence Binyon
Laurence Binyon

Laurence Binyon was a British poet active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his works that often reflected his profound admiration for nature and the British countryside, as well as his interest in classical literature and mythology. more

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“I have watched the river and the sea for a lifetime. I have seen rivers rob soil from the roots of trees until the giants came foundering down. I have watched shores slip and perish, the channels silt and change; what was beach become a swamp and a headland tumble into the sea. An island has eroded in silent pain since my boyhood, and reefs have become islands. Yet the old people used to say, People pass away, but not the land. It remains forever. Maybe that is so. The land changes. The land continues. The sea changes. The sea remains.”