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RETROSPECTION.

I'M thinking of ages ago, dear,

And all that has happened since then,

When we studied as school-girls together

And laughed at those creatures, the men.

They said we were fond of flirtation,

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And at best were two heartless coquettes! -

How blind is society's wisdom,

How quickly it smiles, or it frets!

We grew up in friendship together,

The world called us pleasing and fair,

It spoke of your elegant manners,

And talked of my affable air!

But alas! what are beauty and manners

Compar'd with a heart that's content?

They please for a moment, but later

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