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1 " Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you. "
― Ovid , The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters
2 " It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes. "
3 " Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget. "
4 " or that writing a poem you can read to no oneis like dancing in the dark. "
5 " For such a career I lacked both endurance and inclination:the stress of ambition left me cold,while the Muse, the creative spirit, was forever urging on methat haven of leisure to which I'd always leaned.The poets of those days I cultivated and cherished:for me, bards were so many gods. "