Think not that I have come in quest of common flowers; but rather to bemoan the loss of one whose scent has vanished from the air. (Arthur Waley)

Think not that I have come in quest of common flowers; but rather to bemoan the loss of one whose scent has vanished from the air.

Arthur Waley

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