surya raman

The many miles that stand between us
Cannot stand in my way
When it comes to Get Well Wishes
That I send to you today.
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Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow
domestic walls;
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Wild gardens overlooked by night lights. Parking
lot trucks overlooked by night lights. Buildings
with their escapes overlooked by lights.
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I had to pay one thing and another taxes
and debts and the cable television bill
the city was always too spread out for me
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Being sick has a mental part,
So use your head to cure you.
Thinking good thoughts is the way to start,
And smiling works, I assure you.
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In Paris once,
where these things can happen,
across the street from the Louvre, I came
to a stand of walking sticks.
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On your birthday, special one,
I wish that all your dreams come true.
May your day be filled with joy,
Wonderful gifts and goodies, too.
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The strong feeling of love,
Penetrates this heart of steel.

I love you more than life,
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There are things I'd like to say
to you my love on your special day:

I am forever thankful God sent you my way.
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My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
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Instead of counting candles,
Or tallying the years,
Contemplate your blessings,
As your birthday nears.
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
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They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.
Dinner is a casual affair.
Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,
Tin flatware.
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To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
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`O babbling brook, ' says Edmund in his rhyme,
`Whence come you? ' and the brook, why not? replies.

I come from haunts of coot and hern,
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