There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that…

A. E. Housman
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There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs. ✨ A. E. Housman (1990). A Shropshire Lad, p.37, Courier Corporation
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There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs. ✨ A. E. Housman (1990). A Shropshire Lad, p.37, Courier Corporation

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