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Euphrenia or the Test of Love

A poem by William Sharp
Sharp, William,1855-1905

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EUPHRENIA
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CANTO FIRST.
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CANTO SECOND.
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CANTO THIRD

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And then the Phœnix of the night
An heiress, to whom rumour
So fabulous a fortune gave,
That it appeared to doom her
To single blessedness at once;
No settlements could offer
A sum at all proportionate
To that which filled her coffer.
And what was stranger than all this,
Oh, union most uncommon!
Nature in her fair person tried
To form a perfect woman.
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