Marah By Owen Meredith [i.e. E. R. B. Lytton]: 2nd ed. |
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[Tears are Christian, kisses Pagan. Love is both, and each his prize.] |
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[Tears are Christian, kisses Pagan. Love is both, and each his prize.]
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Tears are Christian, kisses Pagan. Love is both, and each his prize.On his lips are Pagan kisses, Christian tears are in his eyes.
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Magdalens with Mænads mingle in his rites, and round his wayIntertwine the rose of Paphos with the thorns of Golgotha.
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Thorn or rose, which best becomes him? Both his loveliness endears:Roses red with Pagan kisses, thorns bedew'd with Christian tears!
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