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A SUBTLETY by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL

First Line: THEY WERE LOVERS WHEN THEY WED
Last Line: "CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME."

THEY were lovers when they wed.
Now some slight he showed to her
For another. Then she said,
"Has it come that your prefer

Other women's good to mine?"
"You and I are one," quoth he;
"'T is self-sacrifice, in fine,
To deny my other Me."

Silently she turns away,
Hiding tears that almost come.
In her heart I hear her say,
"Charity begins at home."



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