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“IT WERE BETTER FOR HIM—”
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“IT WERE BETTER FOR HIM—”
Better be fathoms underneath the deepWhere sea-weeds wash and strange sea-creatures creep,
Thy neck enringed with stone,
Than change the eyes and soft lips of one child
Into the hardened eyes and mouth defiled
That haunt the streets, alone.
1885.
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