"...[E]ach moment of joy but prompts the more That madness buried at the base of dreamy souls, That sadness in the dark citadel of the heart, And in sorrowful eyes, images of innocence from the past. All the Past is but an endless string of days, All the Future is but a series of graves not yet fulfilled... In the summer sun, fresh leaves begin to change in hue, Weaving the autumn whose arrival is imminent—as in our lives The green days follow in fading succession, Weaving the shroud that covers our souls."
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"The Graves", as quoted in Understanding Vietnam by Neil Jamieson (University of California Press, 1995), pp. 163–164
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