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 He feasted her with ease and idle food Of gods, and taught her lusts to fill the whole Of life; withal He gave her nothing good, And left her as He made her—without soul.

And lo, when he had held her for a season In His own pleasure-palaces above, He gave her unto man; this is the reason She is so fair to see, so false to love.