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And she: "How long must I the burden bear? How long this tattered garment must I wear?"
 * And I: "Why wear it? Leave it here, and go

Away without it—little do I care."

But once when we were quarreling, the door Was opened by a Visitor who bore
 * Both Rope and Pail; he offered them and said:

"Drink, if you will, but once, and nevermore."