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Wife To Husband

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Pardon the faults in me,         For the love of years ago:         Good-bye.     I must drift across the sea,         I must sink into the snow,         I must die.     You can bask in this sun,         You can drink wine, and eat:         Good-bye.     I must gird myself and run,         Though with unready feet:         I must die.     Blank sea to sail upon,         Cold bed to sleep in:         Good-bye.     While you clasp, I must be gone         For all your weeping:         I must die.     A kiss for one friend,         And a word for two,--         Good-bye:--     A lock that you must send,         A kindness you must do:         I must die.     Not a word for you,         Not a lock or kiss,         Good-bye.     We, one, must part in two;         Verily death is this:         I must die.

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