Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THREE QUATRAINS: 3, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON


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First Line: We cannot crown ourselves with everything
Last Line: Time finds a withered leaf in every laurel.


We cannot crown ourselves with everything,
Nor can we coax the Fates for us to quarrel:
No matter what we are, or what we sing,
Time finds a withered leaf in every laurel.






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