Copy ImageUnpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable
Stevie Smith
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Hope and desire,All unfulfilled,Have more than ropeAnd hangman killed
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It is the privilege of the richTo waste the time of the poorTo water with tears in secretA tree that grows in secretThat bears fruit in secretThat ripened falls to the ground in secretAnd manures the parent treeOh the wicked tree of hatred and the secretThe sap rising and the tears falling
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These thoughts are depressing I know. They are depressing, I wish I was more cheerful, it is more pleasant,Also it is a duty, we should smile as well as submitting To the purpose of One Above who is experimentingWith various mixtures of human character which goes best, All is interesting for him it is exciting, but not for us. There I go again. Smile, smile, and get some work to doThen you will be practically unconscious without positively having to go
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If I lie down on my bed I must be here,But if I lie down in my grave I may be elsewhere