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NOT MY ENEMIES EVER INVADE ME, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not my enemies ever invade me - no harm to my pride from them I fear
Last Line: Utterly abject, grovelling on the ground before them.


Not my enemies ever invade me -- no harm to my pride from them I fear;
But the lovers I recklessly love -- lo! how they master me!
Lo! me, ever open and helpless, bereft of my strength!
Utterly abject, grovelling on the ground before them.





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