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A FORGIVENESS.
I am indeed the personage you know.
As for my wife,—what happened long ago—
You have a right to question me, as I
Am bound to answer.
As for my wife,—what happened long ago—
You have a right to question me, as I
Am bound to answer.
"Son, a fit reply!"
The monk half spoke, half ground through his clenched teeth,
At the confession-grate I knelt beneath.
The monk half spoke, half ground through his clenched teeth,
At the confession-grate I knelt beneath.
Thus then all happened, Father! Power and place
I had as still I have. I ran life's race,
I had as still I have. I ran life's race,
