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"Put off that mask of burning gold / With emerald eyes. " / "O no, my dear, you make so bold / To find if hearts be wild and wise, / And yet not cold."
"I would but find what's there to find, / Love or deceit. " / "It was the mask engaged your mind, / And after set your heart to beat, / Not what's behind."
"But lest you are my enemy, / I must enquire. " / "O no, my dear, let all that be, / What matter, so there is but fire / In you, in me? "