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I say but this: as we went up
I heard the Monthly give a sniff
And 'if the big dog makes the pup—'
She murmured—then repeated 'if!'
The caudle on a slab was placed;
She snuffed it, snorting loud and long;
I fled—I would not stop to taste—
And dreamed all night of things gone wrong.

3. THE SENTENCES.
I.

Abortive Love is half a sin;

But Love's abortions dearer far
Than wheels without an axle-pin
Or life without a married star.