"Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;—All things, in short, to which belongTh..." - Henry Austin Dobson

Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;—All things, in short, to which belongThe charm, the grace that Time makes strong,—All these I prize, but (entre nous)Old friends are best.

— Henry Austin Dobson
19th/20th-century English poet and essayist

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