Edmund Waller: The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made.

The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks — Edmund Waller

The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made.

Edmund Waller

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