Backward, Flow Backward, O Tide Of The Years! I Am So Weary Of Toil And Of Tears,-- Toil Without Recompense, Tears All In Vain!

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Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,--
Toil without recompense, tears all in vain!
Take them, and give me my childhood again!
-- Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832-1911)
-- Rock me to sleep

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