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POSTERITY WILL ACCORD TO HIM THE PITY WHICH LAURA REFUSES.
Alas, with ardour past belief I glow! / None doubt this truth, except one only fair, / Who all excels, for whom alone I care; / She plainly sees, yet disbelieves my woe.