"Because our lives are cowardly and sly, Because we do not dare to take or give, Because we scowl and pass each other by, We do not live; we do not dare to live."

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"The Road", line 1, in Songs from the Clay (London: Macmillan, 1915) p. 97.

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"The Road", line 1, in Songs from the Clay (London: Macmillan, 1915) p. 97.