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143 As homeward through the lane I went with lazy feet,

This song to myself did I oftentimes repeat,

And it seem'd as I retrac'd the ballad line by line

That but half of it was hers, and one half of it was mine.

Again, and once again did I repeat the song,

"Nay" said I, "more than half to the Damsel must belong,

For she look'd with such a look, and she spake with such a tone,

That I almost receiv'd her heart into my own."