Pluck out the eyes of pride!
(Modern Love XXIV: The Misery Is Greater)
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Under yonder beech-tree single on the greensward, Couched with her arms behind her golden head, Knees and tresses folded to slip and ripple idly, Lies my young love sleeping in the shade.
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