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" When a long-desired
baby is born, what
joy! More happiness
than we find in sex,
more than we take in
success, revenge, or
wealth. But should the same
infant die, would you
measure the horror
on the same rule? Grief
weighs down the seesaw,
joy cannot budget it. "

Donald Hall , Old and New Poems


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Donald Hall quote : When a long-desired<br />baby is born, what<br />joy! More happiness<br />than we find in sex,<br />more than we take in<br />success, revenge, or<br />wealth. But should the same<br />infant die, would you<br />measure the horror<br />on the same rule? Grief<br />weighs down the seesaw,<br />joy cannot budget it.