My gentle reader if it be,
That this same praise of you from me,
In its good faith and chivalry,
Should sound too high and sweet;
Rise then to woman's real height,
And let my wonder and delight,
In that which is so pure and bright
Still keep me at your feet.
R. P. D.
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