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The Lost Ones

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Somewhere is music from the linnets' bills,     And thro' the sunny flowers the bee-wings drone,     And white bells of convolvulus on hills     Of quiet May make silent ringing, blown     Hither and thither by the wind of showers,     And somewhere all the wandering birds have flown;     And the brown breath of Autumn chills the flowers.     But where are all the loves of long ago?     O little twilight ship blown up the tide,     Where are the faces laughing in the glow     Of morning years, the lost ones scattered wide.     Give me your hand, O brother, let us go     Crying about the dark for those who died.

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