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Hence life, as through a cloud, for me I see Vanish, and to the past's dark shade 'tis chas'd As a grand image love remains to me-- Sole remnant of a dream, by morn effac'd.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Alphonse de Lamartine
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Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
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