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FOR TEARS by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON

First Line: SOME BIRCHES FROM THE WINTER SNOW UNBEND
Last Line: THE HEAVIER BURDEN STAYS BUT ON THE STRONG?

SOME birches from the winter snow unbend,
And some lie prone the happy summer long:
Is grief but weakness? May it be, blithe friend,
The heavier burden stays but on the strong?



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