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Alfred, Lord Tennyson - A shadow flits before me, Not...

A shadow flits before me,
Not thou, but like to thee:
Ah Christ, that it were possible
For one short hour to see
The souls we loved, that they might tell us
What and where they be. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thee: Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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