"The national park is the best idea America ever had."
James Bryce, British Ambassador to the U.S., 1912
"Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." - Mark Twain
"Folks always look good in their coffins." - Elvis Presley
And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted-"Open then the Door. You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more." The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald's English Version
The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes-or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face Lighting a little Hour or Two-is gone. -The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,Edward Fitzgerald's English Version
Lo! some we loved, the loveliest and the best That Time and Fate of all their Vintage prest, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to Rest.
- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald's English Version
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