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 Passing her in the day he had but dared To meet her eyes and in the moment's touch Seemed to his flinching brain to dare too much So proud she was and single and unshared. She was another flesh than his he thought, Another element, less earth than flame, A different life, unnamed but for the name, Her eyes should teach him if he could be taught.

But now at midnight the remembering dark Imaged her body naked by his side, Her head half turned and on her mouth the mark Of lust fed full and still unsatisfied, And her clear eyes that had compelled his mind Were humble now and hideously kind.