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What poisoned pen has written The words that bar my breath; What hard, harsh hand has smitten My soul with death?
"_Love, my love_"--these the words I read-- "_The vision and dream of a life have died. Hurt to the heart by the words you said,_ Angered, stung by a wounded pride, Mad with the thought that your love was dead-- I have wedded a loveless, unloved bride-- Would I had died instead!_"