I looked in the mirror Into the eyes of a little boy With whom I had done great injustice. His soft brown eyes, Gazed back into mine, Brimming with tears, While he gently bit down his quivering lips How I wish I could pick him up in my arms And kiss on both his cheeks! But for this sheet of glass between us, This pane of reality that separates us - The real and the unreal, The past and the present You had looked up to me As you are doing now When I first took you in I promised you wings for your dreams Little did I realize That I had tied them down With strings of fear
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Is this the Gundert dictionary that has etymologies?
-Nikhil