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I am not sorry for my soul
That it must go unsatisfied,
For it can live a thousand times,
Eternity is deep and wide.

I am not sorry for my soul,
But oh, my body that must go
Back to a little drift of dust
Without the joy it longed to know.


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Added: 19 Aug 2002 | Last Read: 7 Jun 2025 2:09 PM | Viewed: 6435 times

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