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EXCULPATION by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

First Line: WILT THOU DARE TO BLAME THE WOMAN
Last Line: WOMAN WAVERS BUT TO SEEK HIM -- IS NOT THEN THE FAULT IN THEE?
Subject(s): SELFISHNESS; WOMEN;
WILT thou dare to blame the woman for her seeming sudden changes,
Swaying east and swaying westward, as the breezes shake the tree?
Fool! thy selfish thought misguides thee -- find the @3man@1 that never ranges;
Woman wavers but to seek him -- Is not then the fault in thee?



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