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A YOUNG MAN'S EPIGRAM ON EXISTENCE by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: A SENSELESS SCHOOL, WHERE WE MUST GIVE
Last Line: LESSONS THAT LEAVE NO TIME FOR PRIZES.
Subject(s): SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

A SENSELESS school, where we must give
Our lives that we may learn to live!
A dolt is he who memorizes
Lessons that leave no time for prizes.



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