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FORGIVEN? by JEANNETTE BLISS GILLESPY

First Line: I SAW LOVE STAND
Last Line: "MY WINGS ARE TORN."

I SAW Love stand,
Not as he was ere we in conflict met,
But pale and wan. I knelt -- I caught his hand --
"O Love," I cried, "I did not understand!
Forgive -- forget!"

Love raised his head
And smiled at me, with weary eyes and worn.
"I have forgot -- what was it all?" he said;
"Only -- my hands are scarred where they have bled;
My wings are torn."



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