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From In Memoriam A.H.H

One writes, that 'Other friends remain,'

That 'Loss is common to the race' —

And common is the commonplace,

And vacant chaff well meant for grain.

That loss is common would not make

My own less bitter, rather more:

Too common! Never morning wore

To evening, but some heart did break.

VI, st. 1-2

Alfred Tennyson