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| Coming here ) y& Z; m4 O" ~9 I( Z* H, M' A$ ^Settling down
 $ I3 p4 g3 H- y" A+ l+ }) Qwas easier for you
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 # a! a+ T7 o$ y) RI measured the miles
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 with a view of returning to home ground
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 I watched others+ |+ R9 `- U- F* P0 l! H7 T, g6 y( p5 C7 ~
 come and go back* T/ F) F! V( X' F; q3 g. l8 Z
 go and come back
 5 r/ E9 b6 u# Q+ R5 S. h5 bWe never did  n. ^- O" v* S" |6 c
 nor can we now
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 leave our children + ^) p5 m5 C2 }! j  t" V1 [
 and their children
 0 ~; I4 M/ v6 ^: A( l% J7 osettled down in theirs, I! u) ~% U. H( c! }6 G* d4 ]
 
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 -----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990
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