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1859–1936

XI.

Alfred Edward Housman

Yonder see the morning blink: The sun is up, and up must I, To wash and dress and eat and drink And look at things and talk and think

And work, and God knows why. Oh often have I washed and dressed And what's to show for all my pain? Let me lie abed and rest:

Ten thousand times I've done my best And all's to do again.

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