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UNDOWERED by HARRIET MCEWEN KIMBALL

First Line: THOU HAST NOT GOLD? WHY, THIS IS GOLD
Last Line: BEGIN THY REIGN, MY QUEEN, TO-NIGHT.
Subject(s): LOVE;

THOU hast not gold? Why, this is gold
All clustering round thy forehead white;
And were it weighed, and were it told,
I could not say its worth to-night!

Thou hast not wit? Why, what is this
Wherewith thou capturest many a wight,
Who doth forget a tongue is his,
As I well-nigh forgot to-night?

Nor station? Well, ah, well! I own
Thou hast no place assured thee quite;
So now I raise thee to a throne;
Begin thy reign, my Queen, to-night.



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