Hope says: one dayyou will see her, if you will only wait.Despair says:all you have left of her is your bitterness.Beat, heartThe earthhas not swallowed everything.

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Antonio Machado was a 19th-century Spanish poet. Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. His work, initially modernist, evolved towards an intimate form of symbolism with romantic traits. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Hope — Words of encouragement about optimism and brighter futures

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