The IdealThis is where I came from.I passed this way.This should not be shameful Or hard to say.A self is a self. It is — James Fenton
The IdealThis is where I came from.I passed this way.This should not be shameful Or hard to say.A self is a self. It is — James Fenton
The IdealThis is where I came from.I passed this way.This should not be shameful Or hard to say.A self is a self. It is — James Fenton
The IdealThis is where I came from.I passed this way.This should not be shameful Or hard to say.A self is a self. It is — James Fenton
The IdealThis is where I came from.I passed this way.This should not be shameful Or hard to say.A self is a self. It is — James Fenton
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The IdealThis is where I came from.I passed this way.This should not be shameful Or hard to say.A self is a self. It is not a screen. A person should respectWhat he has been. This is my past Which I shall not discard. This is the ideal.This is hard.

— James Fenton
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