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How beautiful the yesterday that stood Over me like a rainbow! I am alone, The past is past. I see the future stretch All dark and barren as a rainy sea.

Alexander Smith

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
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Stood
Yesterday
Sea
Alone
Heartache
Dark
Rainy
Future
Barren
Beautiful
Stretch
Past
Rainbow

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