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Am I Showing Humility, or Admitting My Cruelty?

September 12, 2009
By Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
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&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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Never listen to what I say;
I'm a lying, cheating fool!
Don't ever trust my heart to stay;
it wavers, like the light of the moon.
When I say "Oh, I'm alright,"
I'm lying, but please don't ask
why I'm not, or why I lie.
If I wanted you to,
you would see through my mask.

© Christine E., Pequannock, NJ

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Amelie13 GOLD said...
on Jan. 27 2010 at 11:05 pm
Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
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&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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