Unseen hands delay The coming of what oft seems close in ken, And, contrary, the moment, when we say "'Twill never come!" comes on us even then. (Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton)

Unseen hands delay The coming of what oft seems close in ken, And, contrary, the moment, when we say "'Twill never come!" comes on us even then.

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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