Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain. The Laird O' Cockpen - Page 251by Rita - 1891 - 322 pagesFull view - About this book
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