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A Prelude

1897

Unknown

A Prelude

A Prelude

Unknown

1897

Poetry

A Prelude, published in 1897, is a reflective poem that explores themes of nature, companionship, and the human experience regarding time and mortality. The speaker expresses weariness and isolation while finding solace in the beauty of the natural world. Through lyrical verses, the poem emphasizes the importance of embracing the present and cultivating inner peace amidst life's transience.

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“You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime.””

— Unknown

“CHORONZON: I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing.CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing.MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged.CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed.MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed.CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying.MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing.CHORONZON: I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating.MORPHEUS: I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing.CHORONZON: I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgment. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what will be , Dreamlord?MORPHEUS: I am hope.””

— Unknown

“What power would hell have if those imprisoned here would not be able to dream of heaven?””

— Unknown

“I think I’ll dismember the world and then I’ll dance in the wreckage.””

— Unknown

“She's realized the real problem with stories -- if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.””

— Unknown

“Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does ... Ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent.””

— Unknown

“I am hope.””

— Unknown

“Have you ever had one of those days when something just seems to be trying to tell you somebody?””

— Unknown

“DEATH: "Mostly they aren't too keen to see me. They fear the sunless lands. But they enter your realm each night without fear."MORPHEUS: "And I am far more terrible than you, sister.””

— Unknown

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