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QUATRAIN: FORGIVE ME NOT by LILLA CABOT PERRY

First Line: FORGIVE ME NOT! HATE ME AND I SHALL KNOW
Last Line: ON DEAD VOLCANOES ONLY LIES THE SNOW.
Subject(s): FORGIVENESS; CLEMENCY;

Forgive me not! Hate me and I shall know
Some of Love's fire still burns within your breast!
Forgiveness finds its home in hearts at rest,
On dead volcanoes only lies the snow.




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