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FRAGMENTS (5) by GEORGE MEREDITH

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First Line: JOY IS FLEET
Last Line: SORROW, BE MINE!
Subject(s): GRIEF; LOVE - LOSS OF; SORROW; SADNESS;
JOY is fleet,
Sorrow slow.
Love, so sweet,
Sorrow will sow.
Love, that has flown
Ere day's decline,
Love to have known,
Sorrow, be mine!



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