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75
A PARTNERSHIP.
SORROW, since I perforce must dwell with thee,
Being as thou art, no transient guest, but bold
As cunning to invade my heart, and hold
The darkened mansion of my life in fee;
And since thy face uncomely is to see,
Thy voice more harsh than shrillest tongue of scold,
I wrap thee in my fairer thought, and fold
My song about thee when thou sufferest me.
Being as thou art, no transient guest, but bold
As cunning to invade my heart, and hold
The darkened mansion of my life in fee;
And since thy face uncomely is to see,
Thy voice more harsh than shrillest tongue of scold,
I wrap thee in my fairer thought, and fold
My song about thee when thou sufferest me.
And, thus disguised, I take with thee the air,
We walk together on life's open ways;
Then meeting us, if some account thee fair,
I hold thee too less foul, and weave new lays
To robe thee in—alas, it is my share
To toil, and own thy title to all praise.
We walk together on life's open ways;
Then meeting us, if some account thee fair,
I hold thee too less foul, and weave new lays
To robe thee in—alas, it is my share
To toil, and own thy title to all praise.
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