Dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.
— Robert Frost
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Quote in Context
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Quote Source Information
• "Nothing Gold Can Stay" (1923)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Robert Frost" (Quotes, 1920s)
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Name: Sunrise in Constanta,Romania
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Description: English: A red sunrise over the Black Sea.
Date: 18 February 2008
Source: Own work
Author: Moise Nicu
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