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Sadness Knows: A Sacred Poem

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

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Jul 22, 2025
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Sadness Knows

Sadness, sadness, sadness knows,
Its damp my soul into goes;
I feel its dark, drowning dream
Pluck my life-vest at the seams.

Sadness, sadness get thee out,
Take your wet and thrusting snout,
With its dirked and draining fang,
To another to harangue.

Sadness, sadness, devil’s drink,
Take away you…

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