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First Line: First, last, and dearest
Last Line: So love I thee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Change; Erotic Love


First, last, and dearest,
My love, mine own,
Thee best beloved,
Thee love alone,
Once and for ever
So love I thee.

First as a suppliant
Love makes his moan,
Then as a monarch
Sets up his throne:
Once and for ever --
So love I thee.





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