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WOMANHOOD by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON

First Line: BY AIRS AEOLIAN WOOED, SO SOFTLY SWEET
Last Line: HOLDS SOMETHING SACRED, FROM THE WORLD APART.
Subject(s): HEARTS; WOMEN;

BY airs Æolian wooed, so softly sweet,
The folded bud becomes the full blown rose;
Its clinging, blushing petals open wide,
And all the secrets of its heart disclose.

Not so the human flower; the woman's heart
Holds something sacred, from the world apart.



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