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[Poems by Willis in] The rubric of love

containing love thoughts by many contributors ; being a republication of "The album of Love."
Willis, Nathaniel Parker (1806-1867)

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The Album of Love

OH! man may bear with suffering: his heart
Is a strong thing, and godlike in the grasp
Of pain that wrings mortality; but tear
One chord affection clings to, part one tie
That binds him unto woman's delicate love,
And his great spirit yieldeth like a reed.
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