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WIFE TO HUSBAND.
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Blank sea to sail upon,
Cold bed to sleep in:
Good bye.
Whilst you clasp, I must be gone
For all your weeping:
I must die.

A kiss for one friend,
And a word for two,—
Good bye:—
A lock that you must send,
A kindness you must do:
I must die.

Not a word for you,
Not a lock or kiss,
Good bye.
We, one, must part in two;
Verily death is this:
I must die.