 Be she meeker, kinder, than fhe turtle-dove or pelican : If she be not so to me, What care I how kind she be? Shall a woman's virtues move Me to perish for her love? Or, her well-deservings known, Make me quite forget mine own? Be she with that goodness...  Mary Seaham - Page 67by Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1852Full view - About this book
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