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Never Again

A poem by Stevie Smith

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A Good Time Was Had By All
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Stevie Smith 1902–1971

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Never again will I weep And wring my hands And beat my head against the wall Because Me nolentem fata trahunt But When I have had enough I will arise And go unto my Father And I will say to Him: Father, I have had enough.

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