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"They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here."

Henry Vaughan, Welsh Poet

Death, Light, World

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"They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here."

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"Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there."

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"They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here."

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