June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad th…

A. E. Housman
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June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould. ✨ A. E. Housman (2013). Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated), p.22, Delphi Classics
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June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould. ✨ A. E. Housman (2013). Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated), p.22, Delphi Classics

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