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1840–1928

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Thomas Hardy

They are not those who used to feed us When we were young — they cannot be - These shapes that now bereave and bleed us? They are not those who used to feed us, -

For would they not fair terms concede us? - If hearts can house such treachery They are not those who used to feed us When we were young — they cannot be!

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