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And thus was I taught my first hard lesson,    The lesson we suffer the most in learning: That a happy man is a man forgetful Of all the torturing ills around him. When or where I first met the woman I cherished and made my wife, no matter. AND THUS I WAS TAUGHT MY FIRST HARD LESSON THE LESSON WE ALL SUFFER THE MOST IN LEARNING THAT A HAPPY MAN IS A MAN FORGETFUL OF ALL THE TORTURING ILLS AROUND HIM WHEN AWARE I FIRST MET THE WOMAN I CHERISHED AND MADE MY WIFE NO MATTER
ed it. Once there were three in the world who could tell it; Now there are two. There'll be two to-morrow, -- You, my friend, and -- But there's the story: -- When I was a boy the world was heaven. I never knew then that the men and the women Who petted and called me a brave big fellow Were ever less happy than I; but wisdom -- Which comes with the years, you know -- soon showed me The secret of all my glittering childhood, The broken key to the fairies' castle That held my life in the fresh, glad season When I was the king of the earth. Then slowly -- And yet so swiftly! -- there came the knowledge That the marvellous life I had lived was my life; That the glorious world I had loved was my world; And that every man, and every woman, And every child was a different being, Wrought with a different heat, and fired With passions born of a single spirit; That the pleasure I felt was not their pleasure, Nor my sorrow -- a kind of nameless pity For something, I knew not what -- their sorrow.  HEAD NEVER KNEW IT AND THE JURY GOD REST THAT POOR SOULS NEVER DREAMED IT ONCE THERE WERE THREE IN THE WORLD WHO COULD TELL IT NOW THERE ARE TWO THERE'LY TWO TO MORROW YOU MY FRIEND AND BUT THERE'S THE STORY WHEN I WAS A BOY THE WORLD WAS HEAVEN I NEVER KNEW THEN THAT MEN AND THE WOMEN WHO PATTED AND CALLED ME A BIG BRAVE FELLOW WERE EVER LESS HAPPY THAN I BUT WISDOM WHICH COMES WITH THE YEARS YOU KNOW SOON SHOWED ME THE SECRET OF ALL MY GLITTERING CHILDHOOD THE BROKEN KEY TO THE FAIRY'S CASTLE THAT HELD MY LIFE IN FRESH GLAD SEASON WHEN I WAS KING OF THE EARTH THEN SLOWLY AND YET SO SWIFTLY THERE CAME TO KNOWLEDGE THAT THE MARVELLOUS LIFE I HAD LIVED WAS MY LIFE THAT THE GLORIOUS WORLD I HAD LOVED WAS MY WORLD AND THAT EVERY MAN AND EVERY WOMAN AND EVERY CHILD WAS A DIFFERENT BEING WROUGHT WITH A DIFFERENT HEAT AND FIRED WITH PASSION BORN OF A SINGLE SPIRIT THAT THE PLEASURE I FELT WAS NOT THEIR PLEASURE NOR MY SORROW A KIND OF NAMELESS PITY FOR SOMETHING I KNEW NOT WHAT THEIR SORROW
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