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Coming here
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Homesick
# j: z( I. F$ o. tI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground, W; ?+ x! I8 ]& q; M, Q
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I watched others
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We never did
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resettle in the old country* Y) L2 W k3 Q
leave our children # T( q9 A" S3 i; Z/ s9 L! m' _( _
and their children 2 R, y, y: d R# X: t2 b7 h# r
settled down in theirs. P1 Q5 ] ?& s
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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