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<p style="text-align: left;">I feel this agony in my soul,<br>
the pain for a long lost goal.<br>
When I think back, through the years,<br>
I cannot but let the free flow of tears.<br>
When I think of the by-gone days,<br>
days when the sun still had her rays,<br>
Days when the flowers still had their bloom,<br>
when my life knew nothing of gloom.<br>
Glorious days when the future looked bright,<br>
times when there was still a guiding light.<br>
What happened to those days?<br>
Why, they’ve all flown!<br>
And the hopes have all been blown,<br>
Leaving sad memories in a mad race.</p>
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