• All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it.

  Eugene Field
  American writer 1850-1895
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1. heaven
2. swift
3. allot
4. thing
5. haven

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All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it. by : Eugene Field

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