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DEBT by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: WHAT DO I OWE TO YOU
Last Line: THAT LED THROUGH HEAVEN'S WALL.
Subject(s): LOVE;
What do I owe to you
Who loved me deep and long?
You never gave my spirit wings
Or gave my heart a song.

But oh, to him I loved,
Who loved me not at all,
I owe the open gate
That led through heaven's wall.






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