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In Time Of Sorrow

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Despair is in the suns that shine,          And in the rains that fall,     This sad forsaken soul of mine          Is weary of them all.     They fall and shine on alien streets          From those I love and know.     I cannot hear amid the heats          The North Sea's freshening flow     The people hurry up and down,          Like ghosts that cannot lie;     And wandering through the phantom town          The weariest ghost am I.

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