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That shuns a scrutiny: and she, whose form Now bends in grief beneath the bosom's storm, Has hidden well her wound,—now none are nigh To mock with curious or with careless eye, (For love seeks sympathy, a chilling yes, Strikes at the root of its best happiness, And mockery is worm-wood), she may dwell On feelings which that picture may not tell.