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Oh, Dear Counselor

December 3, 2009
By Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yet ah! why should they know their fate?&nbsp;<br /> Since sorrow never comes too late,&nbsp;<br /> And happiness too swiftly flies.&nbsp;<br /> Thought would destroy their paradise.&nbsp;<br /> No more; where ignorance is bliss,&nbsp;<br /> &#039;Tis folly to be wise.&quot; - Thomas Gray, exerpt from &#039;An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard&#039;

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Can you, will you, dry their tears;
apologize for long past years?
Should you, could you, let them learn
honor, that it must be earned?
Would you trust them with a blade?
You will be cut by what you've made.
May you train them fighting stance;
so they force your deathdays dance?
Can you, will you, let them grow?
Must you finally let them go?

© Elizabeth G., Marblehead, MA

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1223222 said...
on Jun. 7 2011 at 6:02 pm
haha this is goood! could u give us an explanation of what its about? but i rly like it and it flows well kusos to u
Amelie13 GOLD said...
on Jan. 27 2010 at 11:04 pm
Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
11 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yet ah! why should they know their fate?&nbsp;<br /> Since sorrow never comes too late,&nbsp;<br /> And happiness too swiftly flies.&nbsp;<br /> Thought would destroy their paradise.&nbsp;<br /> No more; where ignorance is bliss,&nbsp;<br /> &#039;Tis folly to be wise.&quot; - Thomas Gray, exerpt from &#039;An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard&#039;

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Comment please! :)