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When trouble drives me into rhyme, Which is two-thirds of all the…
Quote bySamuel Hoffenstein · 1890–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing (1928), Songs to Break the Tedium, no. 3 (p. 16).
English (original)
When trouble drives me into rhyme, Which is two-thirds of all the time, What peace a thought like this can give— Great is the age in which we live!
— Samuel Hoffenstein
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When the wind is in the tree, It makes a noise just like the sea, As if there were not noise enough To bother one, without that stuff.