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Coming here
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was easier for you/ h" g: |3 b. T
Homesick
* T+ d$ f; o& fI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground( S5 \7 W/ M5 P4 J. [7 X% s
[# B0 \: t9 I7 @/ i0 L' WDays inched into years
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come and go back! n6 p# N) _3 ^$ `3 a" J( B
go and come back9 i; V2 j# g7 w* [* X! Z8 ^' M( d$ Z7 X, p
We never did/ k: R2 v/ A) n2 f( T
nor can we now
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leave our children , n/ X5 M! Q/ i0 N$ i! Z$ N% F
and their children
8 H& |" ]- E8 R! e4 o; msettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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