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He turned on her a troubled face,
And said: “What is it, from what place
Comes trouble on us?”
She flushed red
As one who lies, and stammering said:
“In thine own land, where while ago
Thou dwelledst, doth the danger grow.
How thinkst thou? hast thou such a heart,
That thou and I a while may part
To make joy greater in a while?”