And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, lik… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air love them for what they are; nor love them less, because to thee they are not what they were.

Samuel Taylor ColeridgePoet · English · 1772 – 1834

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