| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 46668 |
| QUOTATION: | He comes unfailing for the loan
We give and then forget;
He comes, and probably for years
Will he be coming yet,—
Familiar as an old mistake,
And futile as regret. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935), U.S. poet. Bewick Finzer (l. 25–30). . .
Modern American Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed. (8th rev. ed., 1962) Harcourt, Brace and Company. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Robinson Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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