Into this life of cruel wonder sent, Without a word to tell us what it meant, Sent back again without a reason why -Birth, life, and death - 'twas all astonishment.
Richard Le GallienneAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: english
- Born: January 20, 1866
- Died: September 15, 1947
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