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Marah

By Owen Meredith [i.e. E. R. B. Lytton]: 2nd ed.

Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

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I.

[Tears are Christian, kisses Pagan. Love is both, and each his prize.]

“THAT IS THE QUESTION”

DEFECTIVE TITLE

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II.

[I gave her love: I gave her faith and truth]

EXPERIENTIA DOCET?

OMENS AND ORACLES

RUBIES AND PEARLS

FIGURES OF SPEECH

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE

BY THE GATES OF HELL

WHEN ALL IS OVER

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III.

[If thou art still a griefless girl or boy]

PERVERSITY

LOVE'S LABOUR LOST

HORACE AND LYDIA

TRAVELLING ACQUAINTANCES

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IV.

[I have search'd the universe, beneath, above]

SOMNIUM BELLUINUM

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LORD LYTTON'S LAST POEM

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PERVERSITY

Restless, unthankful, in a heaven all shining
With lights serene my fever'd spirit doth dwell;
And wild thro' Paradise it wanders, pining
For the hot feasts of Hell.