I’m sorry you are wiser, I’m sorry you are taller; </… - Aline Murray Kilmer

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I’m sorry you are wiser, I’m sorry you are taller; I liked you better foolish, And I liked you better smaller.

Aline Murray Kilmer

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Aline Murray Kilmer (August 1, 1888 – October 1, 1941), was an American poet, children's book author, and essayist, and the wife and widow of poet and journalist Joyce Kilmer.

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I’m sorry you are wiser, </br> I’m sorry you are taller; </br> I liked you better foolish, </br> And I liked you better smaller. - Aline Murray Kilmer

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