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By Joseph Skipsey. Collected and Revised

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75

The Time Hath Been.

The time hath been when they have laugh'd
And danced, like them she laugh'd and danced;
That was ere his sweet vows she quaft,
And wore the wreath, her heart entranced.
Those vows she proved a poison'd draught;
That wreath a poison'd anadem;
And next when danced the rest and laugh'd,
She laugh'd and danced—but not like them.