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Healfast, Healfast, Ye Hero Wounds

by Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

'"Healfast, healfast, ye hero wounds;
O knight, be quickly strong!
Beloved strife
For fame and life,
Oh, tarry not too long!"'




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The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
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