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What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air.

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It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.
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Confirm Difficult One Liner Passion
What women say to lovers, you’ll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
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Lover Myself Running Water Women Writing
There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.
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Laughter One Liner Silly
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh.
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Foolish Laugh One Liner
But you shall not escape my iambics.
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Escape Yourself
I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness.
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Access Clean Love Myself Sing Writing Youth
Stop wishing to merit anyone’s gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.
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Gratitude Oneself Stop Thinking
We see not our own backs.
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Back Mistake One Liner Ourselves
The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods.
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Angry Favor God Right Wild Wrong
To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
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Book Little Myself One Liner
What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water. [Lat., Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.]
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Fond Lover Swift Water Women Writing
Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.
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Better Death Gratitude Live Worth
I hate and love. You ask, perhaps, how can that be? I know not, but I feel the agony.
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Agony Feeling Hate Love Myself
Who now travels that dark path from whose bourne they say no one returns. [Lat., Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum Illue unde negant redire quemquam.]
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Darkness Path Return Travel
My lady’s sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady’s delight
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Animal Bird Death Delight Myself Women
It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
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Desire Difficult Hard Time Love Relationship

What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air.

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