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| Coming here) A1 r+ R& ^% B1 z Settling down
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 # T" r6 Z, N' ?1 M' }" }set the clock's dark hands
 8 a1 h# l7 t# J% ~/ Ewith a view of returning to home ground
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 go and come back
 : |7 a/ _) [8 J; }% G# t  E3 \We never did
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 ! V$ z1 I+ Z$ H2 |5 \" aresettle in the old country; R1 J- `& R: E% v8 [$ K5 p
 leave our children " _! l, |6 H& H9 l3 U$ F6 s
 and their children 7 i/ F1 S9 H+ U& N9 z# G
 settled down in theirs
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 % E7 K& `. a6 F3 X" Y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990
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