Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. (Thomas Hood)

Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died.

Thomas Hood

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