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To Oenone

 WHAT conscience, say, is it in thee,
 When I a heart had one,
To take away that heart from me,
 And to retain thy own?

For shame or pity now incline
 To play a loving part;
Either to send me kindly thine,
 Or give me back my heart.

Covet not both; but if thou dost
 Resolve to part with neither,
Why, yet to show that thou art just,
 Take me and mine together!






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