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THE LOVERS



"This is the man she loves!" said he,
    And, searching in the noble face,
Read high resolve and constancy.
    "This saint," he cried, "usurps my place!"
 
"Nay," spake his friend. "Your anger cool ;
    Gaze on that godlike face once more;
And then be satisfied, O fool;
    That is the man she takes you for."