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THE PATH OF TEARS: 7. THE SLAYER by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: LOVE, IF AT DAWN SOME PASSER-BY SHOULD SAY
Last Line: "WITH THE SWIFT SPEAR OF GRIEF."
Subject(s): GRIEF; LOVE; TEARS; SORROW; SADNESS;
LOVE, if at dawn some passer-by should say,
"Lo! doth thy garment drip with morning dew?
Thy face perchance is drenched with cold sea-spray,
Thy hair with fallen rain?"
Make answer: @3"Nay,
These be the death-drops from sad eyes I slew
With the quick torch of pain."@1

And if at dusk a reveller should cry,
"What rare vermilion vintage hast thou spilled,
Or is thy robe splashed with the glowing dye
Of some bruised crimson leaf?"
O Love reply:
@3"These be the life-drops of a heart I killed
With the swift spear of grief."@1



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