Maybe I Was Skittish Among Strangers

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Maybe I was skittish among strangers:
Only you, my loved ones, owned my heart.
Racing into hiding, I would know,
Given time, the foreigners would go:
Here was home, in which they had no part.
As though I knew my fate, I dodged all dangers;
Nor could I alter it, for all my art.

Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.

Audio and Video Music: The Scent of Cedars. By Philipp Weigl.< Performed by
Philipp Weigl at the Free Music Archive under an Attribution License.



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