And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep …

Charles Lamb
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And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.
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My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. ✨ Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd (1838). The letters of Charles Lamb, with a sketch of his life. The poetical works, p.89

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