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A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 18 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN

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First Line: OH, WHEN I WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU
Last Line: AM QUITE MYSELF AGAIN.
Subject(s): LOVE;
Oh, when I was in love with you,
Then I was clean and brave,
And miles around the wonder grew
How well did I behave.

And now the fancy passes by,
And nothing will remain,
And miles around they'll say that I
Am quite myself again.




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