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THE TEST OF LOVE by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN

First Line: HIS LADY FAIR A LOVER ONCE REPROVED
Last Line: "SINCE YOU BELIEVE YOUR EYES AND NOT MY WORD."
Subject(s): COURTSHIP; HEARTS; LOVE; PASSION;

HIS lady fair a lover once reproved,
For she had fondly kissed another swain;
"I do deny," right stoutly she averred,
"That he kissed me and I kissed him again;"
"Not so? not so?" the lover cried, "I know
Because I saw 't was not what I had heard."
Hot was the lady's speech: "You love me not,
Since you believe your eyes and not my word."



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