The days.... come and go like muffled and veiled figures, sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away.


Works and Days. - Society and Solitude (1870)


The days.... come and go like muffled and veiled figures, sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts...

The days.... come and go like muffled and veiled figures, sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts...

The days.... come and go like muffled and veiled figures, sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts...

The days.... come and go like muffled and veiled figures, sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts...