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Coming here
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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I watched others
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; X0 ~, x& M* w) E4 d0 Ago and come back
" g% E; P, f* x4 h& k" N3 `1 kWe never did! J' @$ e5 U( T$ s7 w
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resettle in the old country
; _+ {# z' P" R& Jleave our children
7 X+ U* ?+ P/ U1 O0 E8 ]and their children . v' S# ^, G4 o
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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