The stage is near and dear to me.


Bela Lugosi

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Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.
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Ever absent, ever near; Still I see thee, still I hear; Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!
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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
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As we wave our goodbyes,
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