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FLIGHT by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: I FLUNG MYSELF AWAY FROM LOVE
Last Line: "WAS WITH YOU ALL THE WHILE!"
Subject(s): LOVE;

I flung myself away from love,
"No need of love have I!"
I flung myself away from love,
And held my forehead high.

I wandered mad, I wandered far,
And cursed the savage day.
"Oh, anywhere away from love,
Oh, anywhere away!"

And then at night I trembled down;
"O love, my love," I cried,
"Dear love, O love so far away
Across the desert wide!"

Then love made answer, soft and low,
And triumphed with a smile:
"Why, love, my love, you know that I
Was with you all the while!"



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