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A. E. Housman Quotes: Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me.
         

Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me.


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