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 THE CURSE AT FAREWELL

DEBJANI

Playmate, your heart’s hid secret [ have known

How often, by the quick gleam of my own!

Have guessed your meaning by a lightning- flash,

Have read your eyes in lifting of a lash |!

Now shall you see how bold a woman’s mind |

Stay with us, stay! Go not. You will not find

Happiness in your pomp of praise. We two

On Benumatt’s brink our ever-new

Heavens will create, and through the shady grove

With tranquil, happy hearts alone will rove,

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