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1880–1943

TIREDNESS

Radclyffe Hall

It is weary, weary this waiting, For that which can never be. It is dreary, dreary this mating, With tears and despondency.

And methinks if beneath the grasses, There was somewhere, both still and deep, I would close my eyes to the morning, And thankfully fall asleep.

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