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Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes: My father Time is weak and gray With waiting for a better day; See how idiot-like he stands, Fumbling with his palsied hands!
         

My father Time is weak and gray With waiting for a better day; See how idiot-like he stands, Fumbling with his palsied hands!


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