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That is better ! But An if you deem that Cupid be so cruel You should have stifled baby -love in's cradle !

Ah, Madame, I assayed, but all in vain This. . . new-born babe is a young. . . Hercules ! Still better !

Thus he strangled in my heart The. . . serpents twain, of ... Pride. . . and Doubt !

Well said ! - But why so faltering ? Has mental palsy Seized on your faculty imaginative ?

Give place ! This waxes critical ! ..

To-day. . Your words are hesitating.