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The Writing On the Ground
…rs pale as lips of death.”” This poem ends with a controversy between these two persons : “.. .. [pray thee speak me sooth : What is thy name?’ He said, ‘ My name is Love.’ Then straight the first did turn himself to me And cried, ‘ He lieth, for his name is Shame ; But I am Love, and I was wont to be Alone in this fair garden, till he came Unasked by night ; Iam true Love, I fill The hearts of boy and girl with mutual flame.’ ‘Then sighing said the other, ‘ Have thy will. I am the Love that dare not speak its name.’ '* But the great joke is a …
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