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Once, out of all the anguish and the sorrow of my heart, I wrote a song, and put my pent-up passion in its art. And the great world never heeded this soulful human groan, For it bore a burden infinitely heavy of its own. Once, out of all the happiness and joy within my breast, I made a little song and blithely sent it on its quest. And the great world, with its infinitely many joys, divine, Still had room and instant welcome for this little song of mine.
Once, out of all the anguish and the sorrow of my heart, I wrote a song, and put my pent-up passion in its art. And the great world never heeded this soulful human groan, For it bore a burden infinitely heavy of its own. Once, out of all the happiness and joy within my breast, I made a little song and blithely sent it on its quest. And the great world, with its infinitely many joys, divine, Still had room and instant welcome for this little song of mine.
In print by 1911 AD · modern
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- William F. Dix
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- In print by 1911 AD · modern
In print by 1911: recorded in The Optimist’s Good Morning (1911). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- The Optimist’s Good Morning (1911) (1911 AD)
Complete signed selection 297; printed byline: William F. Dix; Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911; printed copyright 1907
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