footprints on the sands of time
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I Was Here – BeyoncéIt starts, "I wanna leave my footprints on the sands of time", which is such an amazing line.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
But regarding those literal human "footprints on the sands of time," which have been left behind by our prehistoric ancestors, we can make no such accurate scientific inductions.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan
They will be rewarded, for they have left their "footprints on the sands of time."
From History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service by John R. Kinnear
Some of these persons were more famous than others, yet all have left enduring "footprints on the sands of time" and their names will not cease to be remembered.
From Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin
Suddenly she spied footprints on the sands of time.
From New Chronicles of Rebecca by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
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