Oh shit not you again

Never to return

Like wind, all things refuse to stay.

No lasting place is here;

All rosy cheeks will fade away,

Each smile – and every tear.

Why then be full of sorrow.

Distress and harm don’t last;

Like leaves, they’re gone tomorrow –

Time and man are soon past.

All vanishes away – away!

Your youth, your hope, and your friend.

Like wind, all things refuse to stay.

Never to return, only to end!

H.C. Andersen

Frijsenborg 23 August 1868