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The old poets little knew what comfort they could be to a man.


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It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better.



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The warm sun kissed the earthTo consecrate thy birth,And from his close embraceThy radiant faceSprang into sight,A blossoming delight.



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