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SONNET: HER WORST AND BEST, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O strange event of fortune that befell!
Last Line: To you, who found and spurned in her, her worst.
Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S.
Subject(s): Love - Unrequited


O STRANGE event of fortune that befell!
She wandering, and you wandering, -- each alone, --
Met all amiss, and were asunder thrown; --
Two who were friends, and should have loved so well!
You knew the worst that in her heart might dwell;
Her best the better flourishes unknown,
Would rather win your welfare than be shown, --
Would give such gifts as least of giving tell.
So be it; go your ways: you were the first
To wake stern aspiration in her breast
For conquest, who had chiefly cried for rest,
And one pure draught of joy to slake her thirst;
For this she owes her best-imagined best
To you, who found and spurned in her, her worst.








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