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I am so weary of toil and of tears , – Toil without recompense , tears all in vain ,
Take them , and give me my childhood again ! I have grown weary of dust and
decay , Weary of flinging my soul - wealth away ; Weary of sowing for others to
reap ...
I am so weary of toil and of tears , – Toil without recompense , tears all in vain ,
Take them , and give me my childhood again ! I have grown weary of dust and
decay , Weary of flinging my soul - wealth away ; Weary of sowing for others to
reap ...
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... deep as to horrible As high as to heaven ! - and you do not tell ! “ There must
be pleasures in dying , Sweet , To make you so placid from head to feet ! “ I would
tell you , Darling , if I were dead , And ' twere your hot tears upon my brow shed .
... deep as to horrible As high as to heaven ! - and you do not tell ! “ There must
be pleasures in dying , Sweet , To make you so placid from head to feet ! “ I would
tell you , Darling , if I were dead , And ' twere your hot tears upon my brow shed .
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Perhaps ' t will cost a sigh , a tear ; Then steal away , give little warning , Choose
thine own time ; Say not Good Night , — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good
Morning . THE NEW YEAR LEDGER BY AMELIA E. BARR I said one year ago ...
Perhaps ' t will cost a sigh , a tear ; Then steal away , give little warning , Choose
thine own time ; Say not Good Night , — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good
Morning . THE NEW YEAR LEDGER BY AMELIA E. BARR I said one year ago ...
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Tis but a dream , A sleep - a tender kiss ; A pillow for thy care and tear ; It is not ,
then , amiss . And what is Life ? And what is Love ? And what is Death ? Seek ,
child , no more , nor worry with thy queries , For Life is Love ; and Love is Death ...
Tis but a dream , A sleep - a tender kiss ; A pillow for thy care and tear ; It is not ,
then , amiss . And what is Life ? And what is Love ? And what is Death ? Seek ,
child , no more , nor worry with thy queries , For Life is Love ; and Love is Death ...
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