The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered, the God of day goes down upon the dreary scene, and in short you are for ever floored. (Charles Dickens)

The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered, the God of day goes down upon the dreary scene, and in short you are for ever floored.

Charles Dickens

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