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" The nightingales are sobbing in
The orchards of our mothers,
And hearts that we broke long ago
Have long been breaking others;
Tears are round, the sea is deep:
Roll them overboard and sleep. "

W.H. Auden


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W.H. Auden quote : The nightingales are sobbing in<br />The orchards of our mothers,<br />And hearts that we broke long ago<br />Have long been breaking others;<br />Tears are round, the sea is deep:<br />Roll them overboard and sleep.