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36 —As homeward through the lane I went with lazy feet,

This song to myself did I oftentimes repeat;

And it seemed, as I retraced 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 looked with such a look, and she spake with such a tone,

That I almost received her heart into my own."