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“And salted was my food, and my repose,
Salted and sobered, too, by the bird’s voice
Speaking for all who lay under the stars,
Soldiers and poor, unable to rejoice.”
—Edward Thomas (1878–1917)

“I must of force, God wot,
Forbear my most desire;
For no ways can I find
To sail against the wind.”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)