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Which lines tell us about the insufferable pain that the poet feels at the thought of the plight of the rural people?

“I wonder how I should like you to come to me

And offer to put me gently out of my pain.”


These are the lines that tell us about the poet’s feelings.


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How many travelers stop there to eat?

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The economic well-being of a country depends on a balanced development of villages and the cities.