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IN A LIBRARY; QUATRAIN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

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First Line: THE LIVING OFTTIMES VEX US
Last Line: T IS HERE WE TURN FOR REST.
Subject(s): LIBRARIES & LIBRARIANS;
THE living ofttimes vex us --
The wise old dead are best --
When Life's vain games perplex us
'T is here we turn for rest.



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