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 SORROW

HE youthful heart in its first sorrow cries "None suffer as I suffer! None can know Such misery and live!" And grief's surprise Enhances thus its woe. The heart grown old, whom Sorrow leads aside From paths of happiness, to know her face, Submissive sighs: "Yes, men have lived and died By myriads in this place!" And feels with added pang that grief as keen Is, and has been.