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DANTE by JULIA JOHNSON DAVIS

First Line: ALWAYS APART, WHILE OTHER CHILDREN PLAYED
Last Line: STRANGE, LONELY CHILD, AND VISION-HAUNTED MAN.
Subject(s): DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321);
Always apart, while other children played,
Wandering alone in meadow or in wood,
(His comrade only some dim earth drawn shade),
Troubled at night by dreams half understood.

And as he grew he missed all simple joy,
Laughter he knew not, though the hot tears ran;
A shadow world his life as when a boy --
Strange, lonely child, and vision-haunted man.



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