Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1836-1907

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Kismet

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

A glance, a word -- and joy or pain
Befalls; what was no more shall be.
How slight the links are in the chain
That binds us to our destiny!

Source:

Unguarded Gates: And Other Poems
Copyright 1895
Houghton, Mifflin And Company,Boston And New York
 

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