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THE FEARFUL TRUST.
It is a fearful trust, the trust of love.In fear, not hope, should woman's heart receive
A guest so terrible. Ah! never more
Will the young spirit know its joyous hours
Of quiet hopes and innocent delights;
Its childhood is departed.
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