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IN PROCESS OF A NOBLE ALLIANCE by JOHN CROWE RANSOM

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First Line: REDUCE THIS LADY UNTO MARBLE QUICKLY
Last Line: YE HARPING THE SPRINGE THAT CATCHES THE DOVE.

Reduce this lady unto marble quickly,
Ray her beauty on a glassy plate,
Rhyme her youth as fast as the granite:
Take her where she trembles, and do not wait,
For now in funeral white they lead her
And crown her Queen of the House of No Love.
A dirge then for her beauty, Musicians!
Ye harping the springe that catches the dove.



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