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Satires Of Circumstances In Fifteen Glimpses - X In The Nuptial Chamber

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"O that mastering tune?" And up in the bed     Like a lace-robed phantom springs the bride;     "And why?" asks the man she had that day wed,     With a start, as the band plays on outside.     "It's the townsfolks' cheery compliment     Because of our marriage, my Innocent."     "O but you don't know! 'Tis the passionate air     To which my old Love waltzed with me,     And I swore as we spun that none should share     My home, my kisses, till death, save he!     And he dominates me and thrills me through,     And it's he I embrace while embracing you!"

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