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come again the self same
chance –

Our hours are shaped and
directed for us by a far
higher & more powerful
agent than our own will
tho' the sins & shadows
of wh. you speak are
often the result of
bygone follies & errors

[in brackets] The world will be all
empty & void & charmless
No regrets can undo
the past ([erased]) not sent]
Reflecting on the past
its vicissitudes, phases, &
dearly bought [indecipherable]