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TO LOUISINE AT PARIS
Listen not to the Frenchman's tongue,
Suspect its falsehood, Louisine!
Not always is suspicion wrong,
Men say not always what they mean.
Suspect its falsehood, Louisine!
Not always is suspicion wrong,
Men say not always what they mean.
But sometimes less and sometimes more,
Take thou the arm, sit down, converse;
Dance, play, run operas o'er and o'er,
Comic and tragic hear rehearse;
Take thou the arm, sit down, converse;
Dance, play, run operas o'er and o'er,
Comic and tragic hear rehearse;
But hear not when the starting vein
And flaming eye too much declare;
Your modest look might all restrain,
But not where foulest things are fair.
And flaming eye too much declare;
Your modest look might all restrain,
But not where foulest things are fair.
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