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Necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames and smelt the heaviest ore of the body into purity. David Herbert Lawrence		Monday May 19, 2025
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Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years! I am so weary of toil and of tears, Toil without recompense, tears all in vain! Take them, and give me my childhood again! Elizabeth Akers Allen

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	Elizabeth Akers Allen
	(1832-1911) Rock Me to Sleep, 1860 - American poet, nee Chase, pseudonym: Florence Percy.

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Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years! I am so weary of toil and of tears, Toil without recompense, tears all in vain! Take them, and give me my childhood again! Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Make me a child again, just for tonight!