The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,
Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made;
Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become
As they draw near to their eternal home.
Leaving the old; both worlds at once they view,
That stand upon the threshold of the new.

Edmund Waller

On the Divine Poems

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Personal growth Effects of time Acquiring wisdom

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Edmund Waller

Source

On the Divine Poems

Language

English

Time

1686 1680s 17th century

Occupation

Poet Politician

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Waller, Edmund. "On the Foregoing Divine Poems." Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1857.

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