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Woman.

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Not faultless, for she was not fashioned so,          A mingling of the bitter and the sweet;         Lips that can laugh and sigh and whisper low          Of hope and trust and happiness complete,         Or speak harsh truths; eyes that can flash with fire,          Or make themselves but wells of tenderness         Wherein is drowned all bitterness and ire -          Warm eyes whose lightest glance is a caress.         Heaven sent her here to brighten this old earth,          And only heaven fully knows her worth.

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