Alas! must it be ever so? Do we stand in our own light, whe… - Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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Alas! must it be ever so?
Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,
And fight our own shadows forever?

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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About Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (8 November, 1831 – 24 November, 1891) was an English statesman, serving as Viceroy of India; and poet, under the pen name of Owen Meredith.

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Native Name: Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1. Earl of Lytton

Alternative Names: Owen Meredith • Robert Bulwer-Lytton • Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton • Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton • Edward Robert, Earl of Lytton • E. Robert Bulwer, Lord Lytton

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But, however we pass Time, he passes still,
Passing away whatever the pastime,
And, whether we use him well or ill,
Some day he gives us the slip for the last time.

The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings.
Grasp it firmly, it stings not.

Thought alone is eternal.

Alas! must it be ever so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever? - Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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