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Coming here; v5 K" S2 h( ?
Settling down
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Homesick9 e/ f; X4 ~6 R4 V& i
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground" o" R3 X5 _( x! T
% W, |/ l; t+ `& M6 [; `! m5 u: xDays inched into years
- @+ e7 I& ]7 l' J7 gI watched others
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go and come back
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resettle in the old country
" F: W# g; q/ R. @" I( G% X9 uleave our children
# I6 }% q9 D/ ?* W% w) e( Gand their children 3 m- } O! Y. P/ ~
settled down in theirs
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, _. e2 f0 V9 J; Q2 w7 ^$ C( N-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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