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- THE MASK
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- "PUT off that mask of burning gold
- With emerald eyes."
- "O no, my dear, you make so bold
- To find if hearts be wild and wise,
- And yet not cold."
- "I would but find what's there to find,
- Love or deceit."
- "It was the mask engaged your mind,
- And after set your heart to beat,
- Not what's behind."
- "But lest you are my enemy,
- I must enquire."
- "O no, my dear, let all that be;
- What matter, so there is but fire
- In you, in me?"
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