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BALLADE OF THE OUTCASTS: THE VOICE OF THE CHILDREN by STUART MERRILL

First Line: WE ARE THE INNOCENTS THAT WEEP
Last Line: FOR WE ARE HATED BY ALL MEN.

We are the Innocents that weep,
While our bones rot with foul decays,
For all the woes that we must reap:
No mother sings us lulling lays,
No father o'er our slumber prays,
But forth we fare from den to dem
To filch the death-bread of the strays:
For we are hated by all men.




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