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a sudden knock at my door startled me:8 Y Z4 v3 @& ^6 b% j, Q
who would visit this lone place so remote?
- }: L) D* P0 `5 eas i saw a girl with a face gloomy
' I- Q) u7 c4 v/ Pmy heart sank like a heavily wrecked boat' @& g4 X6 D" `; P( d( L1 U& r' V; |
she closed her eyes before she drank
5 M2 F( Y; j/ O) Z6 F0 x k4 S" ~for fearing that she would see her own face1 w0 \% }2 G2 w6 y4 u
at this moment my mind became all blank' s" M( |' `0 k: P% U) K; u9 e
so where were my old love's beauty and grace?
1 ]3 g F" }: _/ d( T: V& lunder her darkened brow lay one black eye
# T: ~: z3 w& o# q% l7 u% qher fair cheeks were carved with a tiger's claws. D- o8 o! i1 P* A* u" U
her shining hair was now so dull and dry+ E1 F- o) K% o
and his hard paws had broken her soft jaws, q0 f7 q: U( E: |* S8 [% e6 [$ \9 m
never live with a man for his money5 r, D, I8 ~' w
only true love is as sweet as honey |
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