22. jan. 1846

Rom 22 Jan 46.
Bulwers Bemærkning om en Balsal: Somehow or other, it is one of the scenes that reminds us most forcibly of the loss of youth! We are brought so closely in contact with the young and with the short-lived pleasures that once pleased us, (dog aldrig mig!) and have forfeited all bloom. Happy the man who turns from ”the tinkling cymbal” and ”the gallery of pictures,” and can think of some watchful eye and some kind heart at home. But those who have no home – and they are a numerous tribe – newer feel lonilier hermits, or sadder moralists, than i[n] such a crowd.