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UNPAUSING by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: O SWEETEST, STAY!
Last Line: WILL SEEM, HOW LOVELY A TALE, HOW BRIEFLY TOLD!

O sweetest, stay!
One moment in thy lonely play
Turn, child, and look
Ev'n but a little on that great-leaf book,
Whose livelong record when thine eyes are old
Will seem, how lovely a tale, how briefly told!



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