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EXPERIENCE by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN

First Line: ONE LOVED ME ONCE, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW
Last Line: INSIDIOUS SIN STOLE INNOCENCE AWAY!
Subject(s): EXPERIENCE; INNOCENCE;
One loved me once, I cannot tell you how
Save that it was as no one loves me now.

Playmates in childhood we, -- the one sweet place
Of refuge from the world was our embrace.

Contented were we in our dream and free
From ridicule that mocks the memory.

So short the time, -- it seems as but a day.
Insidious Sin stole Innocence away!



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