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DISENCHANTMENT by THOMAS ANSTEY GUTHERIE

First Line: MY LOVE HAS SICKLIED UNTO LOATH
Last Line: THE VERY BUTTERCUPS ARE RANCID.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; LOVE - LOSS OF;

MY Love has sicklied unto Loath,
And foul seems all that fair I fancied --
The lily's sheen's a leprous growth,
The very buttercups are rancid.



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