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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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XXXIII

16 lines
A.E. Housman·1859–1936
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f truth in hearts that perishCould move the powers on high,I think the love I bear youShould make you not to die. Sure, sure, if stedfast meaning,If single thought could save,The world might end to-morrow,You should not see the grave. This long and sure-set liking,This boundless will to please,-Oh, you should live for everIf there were help in these. But now, since all is idle,To this lost heart be kind,Ere to a town you journeyWhere friends are ill to find.
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