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A LEARNED MISTRESS by ANONYMOUS

First Line: TELL HIM THE TALE IS A LIE
Last Line: SUDDEN DEATH MAY BE HIS FATE!
Subject(s): LOVE - EROTIC;HATE;JEALOUSY;LOVE;

Tell him the tale is a lie!
I love him as much as my life,
So why be jealous of me?
I love him and loathe his wife.
If he kill me through jealousy now
His wife will perish of spite,
He will die of grief for his wife,
So three shall die in a night.
All blessings from heaven to earth
On the head of the woman I hate,
And the man I love as my life,
Sudden death may be his fate!



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