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®J)c 3^omantit JSepartmcnt Pitterness
1 bared inv soul to voii— ^&
And you laughed.
Perha\])s I could have stood it
Had you chaffed.
But Avheii you had my inmost thoughts, :\ly secret soul,
Revealed before to no one—ah,
I pay the toll—
You laughed.
For though you toss it lightly off,
1 never can;
From this day till the day I die,
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Xo living man
Sliall see into the depths as you once saw,
Xor have the chance for mirth, nor even awe. 1 thought you kind and sAveet. AVell, I Have paid. \]\Iy smile
Is twisted now. The Avoimd Amu made
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Is deep. And while
I look the world full in the face.
The years can never quite erase 'rhe scar.
You are
T h e c a u s e . G o d ! Amu AA^ere c r u e l .
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And II—I Avas a fool! 56
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