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SONG AND SONNET ON SORROW by AUBREY DE VERE

First Line: WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I SAID TO SORROW
Subject(s): GRIEF;

When I was young, I said to Sorrow,
āà"Come, and I will play with thee":
āàāàHe is near me now all day
āàāàAnd at night returns to say,
I will come again to-morrow,
āàI will come and stay with thee."


Through the woods we walk together;
āàHis soft footsteps rustle nigh me;
āàāàTo shield an unregarded head,
āàāàHe hath built a winter shed;
And all night in rainy weather,
āàI hear his gentle breathings by me.




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