To the end of the trail / Richard Hovey [electronic text]

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To the end of the trail / Richard Hovey [electronic text]
Author
Hovey, Richard, 1864-1900.
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New York: Duffield & Company
1908
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HURT ME

HURT me! For your dear sake I could be driven With whips of scorpions, and smile at Fate. Hurt me! It greatens me — it greatens even The love I have that is already great. If you were always dear and sweet and true, And came to me with kisses and delight, How could I show the love I have for you,

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How could that love attain its highest height? Hurt me, and spare not! I am yours for joy, And yours a hundred fold, then, for despair. I would not change my rack for any toy That sleek Antinous tosses in the air. Ay, hurt me! For your sake I will endure To make my pain the page to your amour.
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