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THE SKAITH OF GUILLARDUN: 93 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: STRAIGHT WAS SHE GATHER'D TO THAT GENTLE BREAST
Last Line: NEATH VEILING LIDS HER OWN DULL ACHE DID SCREEN.
Subject(s): GRIEF; TEARS; SORROW; SADNESS;

Straight was she gather'd to that gentle breast
Where precious tears in guileless pity fall.
Then 'gan they rock their paining hearts to rest,
And to each other clung as all in all.
Fair Guillardun her maiden fears confest,
Unwitting that her words were barb'd with gall;
Her auditress, with countenance serene,
'Neath veiling lids her own dull ache did screen.



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