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ECHOES: 30 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

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First Line: KATE-A-WHIMSIES, JOHN-A-DREAMS
Last Line: SO THE INFINITE RUNS AWAY.

Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dreams,
Still debating, still delay,
And the world's a ghost that gleams --
Wavers -- vanishes away!

We must live while we can;
We should love while love we may.
Dread in women, doubt in man . . .
So the Infinite runs away.



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