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A WOMAN'S HAND by THEODOR STORM

First Line: NEVER, I KNOW, COMPLAINING WORD
Last Line: UPON YOUR HEART'S ADVERSITY.
Subject(s): WOMEN;

NEVER, I know, complaining word
Will soil your lips of stedfastness,
But what so bravely is unheard,
Your hand in silence will confess;

Your hand, poor witness of your pain,
Its fragile motion telling me
Of weary nights when it has lain
Upon your heart's adversity.



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