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• When twilight dews are falling soft Upon the rosy sea, love, I watch the star whose beam so oft Has lighted me to thee, love.
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• Q: How does an American change a light bulb? A: He doesn't.
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• A pessimist is a person who feels bad when he feels good for fear he will feel worse when he feels better.
• He thought he saw an albatross, that fluttered round the lamp....
• You are in a very strange room. Even though your lamp is on, it is as as if you had no light at all.
  I cannot tell which direction is which which and I am not sure if there are walls or exits....
• Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay
  I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away....