For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? A seventh reader - Page 119by William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - 1919Full view - About this book
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