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[Life is like a tear]
Life is like a tearBorn in the sad depths of a woman's eyes—
That brims up slowly thro' them, and then lies
And rocks as in a cradle, warmly hid
I' the rich brown shadow of her glossy lid:
And then peeps out beneath it warily,
Quivering in tremulous uncertainty,
And rainbow'd like a bubble in the sun
Upon the twinkling verge,—until with one
Wild leap and gush of ripe intensity,
And quick as random thoughts just born to die,
Its darts away, shooting a dewy streak
Over the fragrant blossoms of her cheek
To the nether edge: wherefrom 'tis loosed, and sheer
Drops in that sweet Unknown.
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