And inasmuch as feeling, the East's gift, Is quick and transient, comes, and lo is gone, While Northern thought is slow and durable. (Robert Browning)

And inasmuch as feeling, the East's gift, Is quick and transient, comes, and lo is gone, While Northern thought is slow and durable.

Robert Browning

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