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TO
BETTY
THIS, THE FIRST BOOK THAT I HAVE WRITTEN, IS INSCRIBED.
This is my Lady's praise:
God, after many days,
Wrought her in unknown ways
In sunset lands;
This was my Lady's birth:
God gave her might and mirth,
And laid His whole sweet earth
Between her hands.
Swinburne.
