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A WOMAN'S SONG by WILLIAM BRIAN HOOKER

First Line: GLAD AND FAIR IS MY YOUNG LOVE
Last Line: MAKE ME WORTH HIS WHOLE DESIRE!

Glad and fair is my young love,
He to whom my pulses move,
He whose pleasure I obey --
Glad as dawn, and fair as day.

Very strong and sweet is he
That hath lordship over me --
He to whom I all am given --
Strong as death, and sweet as heaven.

Mary Mother, grant me this
Only, out of all thy bliss:
Let his longing never tire --
(He whose lips are ice and fire --)
Make me worth his whole desire!



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