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Love came to her unsought, / Love served her many ways, / And patiently Love followed her / Throughout the nights and days.
Love spent his life for her / And hid his tears and sighs; / He bartered all his soul for her, / With tender pleading eyes.
Her scarlet mouth that smiled, / Mocked lightly at his woe, / And while she would not bid him stay / She did not bid him go.
But hope within him failed / Until he pled no more -- / And cold and still he turned his face / Away from her heart's door.
Long were the days she watched / For one who never came; -- / Through sleepless nights her white lips bore / The burden of a name.