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प्रश्न
What does the poet long for?
उत्तर
The poet longs for the innocence of childhood days when he laughed with his heart.
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| barren-earth | friends | graves | slain |
| rebellious | poisoned | worms | grief |
| impregnable | epitaphs | death | farewell |
| reverence | king | pin |
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“Comes at the last, and with a little pin
Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!”
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