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"O THAT mastering tune? " And up in the bed / Like a lace-robed phantom springs the bride; / "And why? " asks the man she had that day wed, / With a start, as the band plays on outside. / "It's the townsfolks' cheery compliment / Because of our marriage, my Innocent."
"O but you don't know! 'Tis the passionate air / To which my old Love waltzed with me, / And I swore as we spun that none should share / My home, my kisses, till death, save he! / And he dominates me and thrills me through, / And it's he I embrace while embracing you! "