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“Oh would I were a boy again, When life seemed formed of sunny years, And all the heart then knew of pain Was wept away in transient tears!”
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- Source:
- Oh would I were a Boy again.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 957fa2eee1a49c6c92430b1d8228054bd2a4001087d97b9ab66989e8c5860374
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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