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HEAD OF ARIADNE.


Oh, why should Woman ever love,
    Throwing her chance away,
Her little chance of summer shine,
    Upon a rainbow ray?

Look back on each old history,
    Each fresh remembered tale;
They'll tell how often love has made
    The cheek of woman pale;—

Her unrequited love, a flower
    Dying for air and light;