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BELIEF by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN

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First Line: WE DO NOT KNOW
Last Line: SOME DAY WE'LL SEE THEM IN THE WOOD
We do not know
if there be fairies now
Or no.
But why should we ourselves involve
In questions which we cannot solve.
O let's pretend it's so
And then perhaps if we are good
Some day we'll see them in the wood.




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