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TO IANTHE (1) by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU SMILED, YOU SPOKE, AND I BELIEVED
Last Line: DECEIVE, DECEIVE ME ONCE AGAIN!

You smiled, you spoke, and I believed,
By every word and smile deceived.
Another man would hope no more;
Nor hope I what I hoped before:
But let not this last wish be vain;
Deceive, deceive me once again!



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