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by Unknown

HERE is nothing new under the sun;

There is no new hope or despair;

The agony just begun

Is as old as the earth and the air.

My secret soul of bliss

Is one with the singing stars,

And the ancient mountains miss

No hurt that my being mars.

I know as I know my life,