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BLUEBEARD'S LAST WIFE: COMES PIETY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: But who is this with mild and gentle air
Last Line: One bridal kiss -- that kiss will be his last!
Subject(s): Piety


But who is this with mild and gentle air
And meekly folded hands as if in prayer?
The last of Bluebeard's luckless wives is she:
He worships her, her name is Piety.
When she unmasks, in place of mask will be
The loathsome features of Hypocrisy;
And now grim Bluebeard's doom approaches fast,
One Bridal Kiss -- that Kiss will be his last!





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