 | Poems Chiefly Lyric and Elegiac |  |
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HOC ERAT IN VOTIS.
Like as Eve was brought to Adam
So my love was brought to me:
She was neither Miss nor Madam;
She was only Dorothy.
So my love was brought to me:
She was neither Miss nor Madam;
She was only Dorothy.
And the great world thought not of her—
Such a silent serious maid,
Who had never had a lover,
And knew nothing of the trade!
Such a silent serious maid,
Who had never had a lover,
And knew nothing of the trade!
Yet, when once she saw before her
Just the man she wish'd to love—
Though he came not to adore her,
But to lead her and to prove—
Just the man she wish'd to love—
Though he came not to adore her,
But to lead her and to prove—
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Then, she knew as well as he did,
While her heart began to stir,
That his love was all she needed,
And that he was born for her.
While her heart began to stir,
That his love was all she needed,
And that he was born for her.
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