I range the fields with pensive tread, And pace the hollow rooms; And feel (companion of the dead) I'm living in the tombs. (Abraham Lincoln)

I range the fields with pensive tread, And pace the hollow rooms; And feel (companion of the dead) I'm living in the tombs.

Abraham Lincoln

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