We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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- To a Skylark; Exact wording and attribution checked. Reflection on time and human experience; original wording checked in the cited work.
- To a Skylark
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