Street Song of Manchuria.
It is hard for a man to tell
The hidden thought in his friend’s heart,
And the thought in a man’s own heart
Is a thing darker.
If you have seen a woman’s heart
Bare to your eyes,
Go quickly away and never tell
What you have seen there.
(Edward Powys Mathers)
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