Part 148 (1/2)

No greater woe Can be, than to remember happy days In misery

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By telling our e often assuage them

--_Danish_

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A fashi+onable woman is always in love--with herself

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A WOMAN'S QUESTION

Before I trust my fate to thee, Or place ive Color and form to ht for me

I break all slighter bonds, nor feel A shadow of regret: Is there one link within the past That holds thy spirit yet?

Or is thy faith as clear and free As that which I can pledge to thee?

Does there within thy dimmest dreams A possible future shi+ne, Wherein thy life could henceforth breathe, Untouched, unshared by mine?

If so, at any pains or cost, Oh, tell me before all is lost

Look deeper still If thou canst feel Within thy inmost soul, That thou hast kept a portion back, While I have staked the whole,-- Let no false pity spare the blow, But in true mercy tell me so

Is there within thy heart a need That mine cannot fulfil?

One cord that any other hand Could better wake or still?

Speak now--lest at some future day My whole life wither and decay

--_Adelaide Anne Proctor_

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A WOMAN'S nobLEST STATION

Seek to be good, but aireat; A woman's noblest station is retreat: Her fairest virtues fly froht

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Kindness in women, Not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love