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Quotes from Life; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations — Alice Cary

1820–1871 United States

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Desolate—Life is so dreary and desolate—
Women and men in the crowd meet and mingle,
Yet with itself every soul standeth single,
Deep out of sympathy moaning its moan—
Holding and having its brief exultation—
Making its lonesome and low lamentation—
Fighting its terrible conflicts alone.

Life; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alice Cary (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.