My children will wonder, some day when I have them,
why I gave up the glories of city life, why I chose
to labour and toil. They will ask me
“mais pourquoi as-tu abandonné le rêve?”
“Дечица мои,” I will answer, “It was not mine."
Mar 20, 2017
Mar 20, 2017 at 9:24 AM UTC
My children will wonder, some day when I have them,
why I gave up the glories of city life, why I chose
to labour and toil. They will ask me
“mais pourquoi as-tu abandonné le rêve?”
“Дечица мои,” I will answer, “It was not mine."
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