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It cuts one sadly to see the grief of old people; they've no way o' working it off; and the new spring brings no new shoots out on the withered tree.

George Eliot
Spring, Grief, Cutting
George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.122, Wordsworth Editions
It cuts one sadly to see the grief of old people; they've no way o' working it off; and the new spring brings no new shoots out on the withered tree.