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by William Ernest Henley

Henley, William Ernest (1849-1903)

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Schizzando ma con sentimento

A sigh sent wrong,
A kiss that goes astray,
A sorrow the years endlong—
So they say.

So let it be—
Come the sorrow, the kiss, the sigh!
They are life, dear life, all three,
And we die.

Worthing, 1899–1901.