Quote#Truth
Since as a child I used to lie
Quote byThomas Hardy · 1840–1928
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres (1928), "He Never Expected Much", ll. 5-8.
English (original)
Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch the sky, Never, I own, expected I That life would all be fair.
— Thomas Hardy
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