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Cross-Currents

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They parted a pallid, trembling I pair,     And rushing down the lane     He left her lonely near me there;      I asked her of their pain.     "It is for ever," at length she said,     "His friends have schemed it so,     That the long-purposed day to wed     Never shall we two know."     "In such a cruel case," said I,     "Love will contrive a course?"     " Well, no . . . A thing may underlie,     Which robs that of its force;     "A thing I could not tell him of,     Though all the year I have tried;     This: never could I have given him love,     Even had I been his bride.     "So, when his kinsfolk stop the way     Point-blank, there could not be     A happening in the world to-day     More opportune for me!     "Yet hear no doubt to your surprise -     I am sorry, for his sake,     That I have escaped the sacrifice     I was prepared to make!"

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