<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</SPAN></span></p>
<h3><SPAN name="XXII" id="XXII"></SPAN>XXII</h3>
<h3><i>To a Woman</i></h3>
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<span class="i0">Take all of me, pour out my life as wine,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">To dye your soul’s sweet shallows. Violent sin<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Blazed me a path, and I have walked therein,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Strong, unashamed. Your timorous hands need mine,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">As the white stars their sky, your lips’ pale line<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Shall blush to roses where my lips have been.<br/></span>
<span class="i2">I ask no more. I do not hope to win—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Only to add myself to your design.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Take all of me. I know your little lies,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Your light dishonor, gentle treacheries.<br/></span>
<span class="i2">I know, I lie in torment at your feet,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Shadow to all your sun. Take me and go,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Use my adoring to your honor, sweet,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Strength for your weakness—it is better so.<br/></span></div>
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