Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near us at our side Is there no baseness we would hide No inner vileness that we dread How many a father have I seen A sober man, among his boys Whose youth was full of foolish noise. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near us at our side Is there no baseness we would hide No inner vileness that we dread How many a father have I seen A sober man, among his boys Whose youth was full of foolish noise.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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