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Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes: On the mountains of memory by the world's wellsprings, in all man's eyes, where the light of life of him is on all past things, death only dies.
         

On the mountains of memory by the world's wellsprings, in all man's eyes, where the light of life of him is on all past things, death only dies.


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This page presents the quote "On the mountains of memory by the world's wellsprings, in all man's eyes, where the light of life of him is on all past things, death only dies.". Author of this quote is Algernon Charles Swinburne. This quote is about death, light, memories, men, life, eye, dies, past, world,.