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a sudden knock at my door startled me:
% j4 w7 M8 R, H! q9 \, Awho would visit this lone place so remote?
( ]7 |6 ]1 `% N0 l+ B7 R- mas i saw a girl with a face gloomy6 k3 I0 i" W. u0 D2 e8 m
my heart sank like a heavily wrecked boat# ^, A; e; N6 C0 W0 N8 g
she closed her eyes before she drank
( `- b# ]7 `' B! efor fearing that she would see her own face' x: |) w5 V3 M0 ?2 J3 U2 F
at this moment my mind became all blank
# D# x4 L$ O$ C) E8 ~& @- h0 lso where were my old love's beauty and grace?
7 U' X' k ` Y% Zunder her darkened brow lay one black eye4 f( [3 C9 G7 J1 |# G, X1 l
her fair cheeks were carved with a tiger's claws
0 }* U; O& f2 V7 F; o. ~her shining hair was now so dull and dry" i2 {! j; |& ~) Q! `, ?
and his hard paws had broken her soft jaws; y9 ^ h! M- R- t0 d
never live with a man for his money5 t/ g' B5 B, A6 Q T
only true love is as sweet as honey |
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