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Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
