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DESTINY by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY

First Line: O LEAVE THE LONELY FORTRESS OF MY HEART
Last Line: IF THOU HADST HELD THE KEY.

O LEAVE the lonely fortress of my heart,
I cannot yield to thee,
But merrily the gates had swung apart
If thou hadst held the key.



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