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The Fly

Little Fly,

Thy summer's play

My thoughtless handHas brushed away.

Am not I

A fly like thee

!r art not thou

A man like me

For I dan"e

And drink, and sing,Till some blind hand

#hall brush my wing.

If thought is life

And strength and breath

And the want

!f thought is death$

Then am I

A happy fly,If I li%e,

!r if I die.

&illiam lake

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Dreams

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken(winged bird

That "annot fly.Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Fro)en with snow.

Langston Hughes