Quote #4

I love you, what star do you live on?

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  2. And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leaves Interlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlight To divide us forever.
  3. Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know.
  4. Music I heard with you was more than music, And bread I broke with you was more than bread; Now that I am without you, all is desolate; All…
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  7. My heart is torn with the sound of raucous voices, They shout from the slums, from the streets, from the crowded places, And tunes from the…
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