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A Song Of A Heart

Upon a time I had a Heart,
And it was bright and gay;
And I gave it to a Lady fair
To have and keep alway.

She soothed it and she smoothed it
And she stabbed it till it bled;
She brightened it and lightened it
And she weighed it down with lead.

She flattered it and battered it
And she filled it full of gall;
Yet had I Twenty Hundred Hearts,
Still should she have them all.

Notes

From: A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells, 1904, Charles Scribner's Sons

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  • Such a bundle of truth in what this writer "jokingly" says.