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AN EXAMPLE
They were two deaf mutes. They loved and they
Resolved to be groom and bride;
And they listened to nothing that any could say,
Nor ever a word replied.
Resolved to be groom and bride;
And they listened to nothing that any could say,
Nor ever a word replied.
From wedlock when warned by the married men,
Maintain an invincible mind:
Be deaf and dumb until wedded—and then
Be deaf and dumb and blind.
Maintain an invincible mind:
Be deaf and dumb until wedded—and then
Be deaf and dumb and blind.
| The collected works of Ambrose Bierce | |