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As salt as mine, and hear the sighing years
That givers of such gifts as mine are, must
Re-sighing on my li九-九-藏-書ps renunciative
Through those infrequent smiles which fail to live
I will not soil thy pur
九_九_藏_書ple with my dust,
Beloved, I only love thee ! let it pass.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browninghttps://read.99csw.com
Nor breathe my poison on thy Venice-glass,
Nor give thee any love--which were unjust.
To let thee sit read.99csw.combeneath the fall of tears
Be counted with the ungenerous. Out, alas !
That this can scarce be right ! We are not p九-九-藏-書eers,
So to be lovers; and I own, and grieve,
Can it be right to give what I can give ?
For all thy adjurations ? O my fears,