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Lines To A Critic.

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1.     Honey from silkworms who can gather,     Or silk from the yellow bee?     The grass may grow in winter weather     As soon as hate in me.     2.     Hate men who cant, and men who pray,     And men who rail like thee;     An equal passion to repay     They are not coy like me.     3.     Or seek some slave of power and gold     To be thy dear heart's mate;     Thy love will move that bigot cold     Sooner than me, thy hate.     4.     A passion like the one I prove     Cannot divided be;     I hate thy want of truth and love -     How should I then hate thee?

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