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This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perfect thing.
This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perfect thing.
Approximate author period: c. 1889 AD · industrial
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- Paul Laurence Dunbar
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- Approximate author period: c. 1889 AD · industrial
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