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TO WILLIAM BELL SCOTT by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: MY OLD ADMIRATION BEFORE I WAS TWENTY
Last Line: THE FUN OF A HEAVY OLD HEART.
Subject(s): AGING; HEARTS;

My old admiration before I was twenty, --
Is predilect still, now promoted to se'enty!
My own demi-century plus an odd one
Some weight to my judgment may fairly impart.
Accept this faint flash of a smouldering fun,
The fun of a heavy old heart.



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