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TRAGEDIES: 9 by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS

First Line: SHE WAS ONLY A WOMAN, FAMISH'D FOR LOVING
Last Line: GRIMACING AND FING'RING HIS FIDDLE-STRINGS.
Subject(s): HEARTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WOMEN;
She was only a woman, famish'd for loving,
Mad with devotion, and such slight things;
And he was a very great musician,
And used to finger his fiddle-strings.

Her heart's sweet gamut is cracking and breaking
For a look, for a touch, -- for such slight things;
But he's such a very great musician,
Grimacing and fing'ring his fiddle-strings.



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