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ODE: SADNESS by CONFUCIUS

First Line: THE SUN IS EVER FULL AND BRIGHT
Last Line: O SUN, TO THEE.

The sun is ever full and bright,
The pale moon waneth night by night.
Why should this be?

My heart that once was full of light
Is but a dying moon to-night.

But when I dream of thee apart,
I would the dawn might lift my heart,
O sun, to thee.




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