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To Helen In A Huff

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Nay, lady, one frown is enough     In a life as soon over as this,     And though minutes seem long in a huff,     Theyre minutes tis pity to miss!     The smiles you imprison so lightly     Are reckond, like days in eclipse;     And though you may smile again brightly,     Youve lost so much light from your lips!     Pray, lady, smile!     The cup that is longest untasted     May be with our bliss running oer,     And, love when we will, we have wasted     An age in not loving before!     Perchance Cupids forging a fetter     To tie us together some day,     And, just for the chance, we had better     Be laying up love, I should say!     Nay, lady, smile!

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"Nay, lady, one frown is enough..."

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