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Mad Destiny this tender stripling played;
For a warm breast of maiden to his breast,
She laid a slab of marble on his head.
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Stiller than the fields
At the full dew,
Beautiful as pictures
No man drew.…
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But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free."
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Then sprang before the hills
Like hindered rubies, or the light
A sudden musket spills…
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