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How Sad True Sadness

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Carl Halling
How Sad True Sadness

There was a sadness I revered,
But never possessed,
Because there was youth
And hope to spare,

But as youth ebbs,
And hope recedes,
I know that sadness for real,
And how sad true sadness feels.
 

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Hope Sad Youth
Poetry Genre: 
Elegy Tragedy Verse
Topic: 
Misery
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