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It is a common fate -- a woman's lot -- / To waste on one the riches of her soul, / Who takes the wealth she gives him, but cannot / Repay the interest, and much less the whole.
As I look up into your eyes and wait / For some response to my fond gaze and touch, / It seems to me there is no sadder fate / Than to be doomed to loving overmuch.