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RECONCILIATION.
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Dare not to tell me I have lost thee,Thy heart will give thy tongue the lie;
The hopes thou hast wrecked, the tears I've cost thee,
Like wailing ghosts against thee cry.
2
Mine, mine thou art—our spirits mingledEagerly once as fire and air,
Fated for aye to live unsingled,
Or pine apart in pale despair.
3
Dare not to tell me thou hast found meFor thy great dreams too mean a thing;
Thy faith that saved, thy love that crowned me,
Will plead for their anointed king.
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Kiss me once more! Thy sin's forgiven;Forgive me mine. Oh, never more
May we two sulk, so long unshriven,
While weeping Love holds wide the door!
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