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“‘NO, NO,’ SHE SAID”

“No, no,” she said;
“I may not wed;
If say I must—nay must I say;
I cannot stay;
Nay, nay, I needs must flout thee!”

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He turned about;
His life went out;
“If go I must, so must I go!”
Cried she—“No, no;
Ah, what were life without thee!”