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It is a flaw in happiness to see beyond our bourn, - it forces us in summer skies to mourn, it spoils the singing of the nightingale.
-John Keats
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It Is A Flaw In Happiness To

John Keats
It is a flaw in happiness to see beyond our bourn, - it forces us in summer skies to mourn, it spoils the singing of the nightingale.
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