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 The Green Bag, "I know him now. I never knew Till now how false his suit could be. He says he ne'er will wed with me, And shall I not for vengeance sue? "But when? 'T was when his father died He vowed that he with me would wed; I would his father now were dead, But still he treads the hither side. "And must I wait the uncertain day He passes from our moaning shore? Or may I sue the son before? Counsel's opinion is, I may. "Already he derides me : ' Lo! Thy path and mine shall never meet' He makes my bitter wrong complete. The writ is ready : let it go!

in. "We rate too highly, says the sage Who knew our little nature's strife, The power of love, whereto our life Is less beholden than the stage. "Perchance our spirits, from the flaw, The taint of earthy mould made free, Shall know how great our love may be; For great is Love, yet greater Law. "Love did the wrong the law redressed, I take the gold the jury gave; No more the love he vowed I crave, The gold I have, methinks, is best. "This truth the student shall recall, Who reads of Angelina Frost : ' 'T is better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.'" Lays of a Limb of the Law.