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a sudden knock at my door startled me:
" v3 e/ W" C3 w9 y( b8 ]% o& |who would visit this lone place so remote?5 T# G( z4 v$ Z/ d6 i
as i saw a girl with a face gloomy4 {5 ]6 d( _1 l2 C- `
my heart sank like a heavily wrecked boat$ G) U0 h; T8 u: W
she closed her eyes before she drank/ Y/ J' q1 @0 D; ?
for fearing that she would see her own face! [8 u; i- I7 R6 Y% N
at this moment my mind became all blank
, N. W! Z9 A1 W* a9 L( D; Z+ a: j5 Vso where were my old love's beauty and grace?. a- F0 N: L, S1 O1 Z$ J- O
under her darkened brow lay one black eye
0 J- m) i) H0 E6 Nher fair cheeks were carved with a tiger's claws
1 S6 S h) K }, h eher shining hair was now so dull and dry; g1 `) O- Q* L; r
and his hard paws had broken her soft jaws
d' O; |3 Q4 t" Y/ rnever live with a man for his money& R. `0 O- q x& G$ p
only true love is as sweet as honey |
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