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MAGDALENE
‘You are a beautiful woman,’ he said.
Oh, a long night followed that day.
The whole long night rang rang in my head
His words, and his look as I lay
Oh, a long night followed that day.
The whole long night rang rang in my head
His words, and his look as I lay
I could not forget. I lay weeping, and vowed—
‘I will hold hereafter in trust
This Beauty of mine: I will live and be proud,
Not humbled, as now, in the dust.’
‘I will hold hereafter in trust
This Beauty of mine: I will live and be proud,
Not humbled, as now, in the dust.’
We met, as one meets men, any way,
I've met, it may be, men by the score.
And talked about nothing, as any one may
When one has to spend ten minutes or more.
I've met, it may be, men by the score.
And talked about nothing, as any one may
When one has to spend ten minutes or more.
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Then parted—a light matter parting with men?
But the eyes of this man were aflame in his head—
He gave a great hand, and was silent, and then,
‘You are a beautiful woman,’ he said.
But the eyes of this man were aflame in his head—
He gave a great hand, and was silent, and then,
‘You are a beautiful woman,’ he said.
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