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LITTLE LOVER by LEONORA SPEYER

First Line: YOU MADE YOUR LITTLE LOVER KIND
Last Line: LEFT YOU TO GRIEVE TO HEIGHTS AGAIN.
Subject(s): GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;
You made your little lover kind,
And quick of word and kiss and tear,
And everything a woman craves;
You could not make him big, my dear.

And so you made your great self small,
As only a great woman can,
Nor cared a jot; but he, he knew,
And cared a lot, the little man.

He knew, and hated you at last . . .
Let me be fair! He left you then.
That one big, generous thing he did;
Left you to grieve to heights again.



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