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Euphrenia or the Test of Love

A poem by William Sharp
Sharp, William,1855-1905

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EUPHRENIA
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CANTO FIRST.
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CANTO SECOND.
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CANTO THIRD

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XLIV.

There might be seen the ascetic monk,
With fast and vigil worn,
Whose sallow, sickly cheek matched well
The parchment soiled and torn;
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Here the more modern churchman,
Who, with a ruddier hue,
Reflects his gorgeous binding
In colours no less true:
A new arrival looks askant,
Supposing he must be
“The observed of all observers”
In this society.
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