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Now that lilacs are in bloomShe has a bowl of lilacs in her roomAnd twists one in her fingers while she talks.”Ah, my friend, you do not know, you do not knowWhat life is, you who hold it in your hands”; (slowly twisting the lilac stalks)”You let it flow from you, you let it flow,And youth is cruel, and has no remorseAnd smiles at situations which it cannot see.”I smile, of course,And go on drinking tea.
