Alexander Smith, City Poems, A Boy's Dream.
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Each time we love, We turn a nearer and a broader mark To that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes.
— Alexander Smith on Sorrow
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Source: Wikiquote: "Sorrow" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 733-36.)
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About Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith (31 December 1829 – 5 January 1867) was a Scottish poet, and labelled as one of the Spasmodic School.
About Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith (31 December 1829 – 5 January 1867) was a Scottish poet, and labelled as one of the Spasmodic School.
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