Time seems short to those who play, long for those who wait. So says servant girl whose mistress upbraids her for late hours

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Time seems short to those who play, long for those who wait. So says servant girl whose mistress upbraids her for late hours.

The nature of life. · The nature of life – miscellaneous motifs. · Passage of time. · view the constellation · filed as U261

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