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Euphrenia or the Test of Love

A poem by William Sharp

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XVI.

He sought forgiveness humbly,
His wild and eager air
Was changed to sigh and sorrow,
To entreaty and despair;
The lightnings of his eyes no more
Brought blushes to her brow;
The tongue, erewhile so eloquent,
Where was its witchery now?
That too persuasive mute appeal
Her heart could not repel;
He sealed his pardon on her lips,
Ere he would say farewell.