A lost but happy dream may shed its light upon our waking hours, and the whole day may be infected with the gloom of a dreary or sorrowful one; yet of neither may we be able to recover a trace.

Walter de La Mare

Able Day Dream Dreary Gloom Happy Hours Infected Light Lost May Neither Our Recover Shed Sorrowful Trace Waking Whole

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