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Coming here
; D k; U! o' L( K; ?Settling down
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground9 O9 D7 H( a/ n5 K; V8 ~% o
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I watched others! _9 B& t4 |3 M4 e% y5 m; l) H
come and go back
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We never did
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resettle in the old country
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and their children
, \8 m- c/ B0 B5 K n% c& q1 e0 Ssettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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