Versos English Ella Wheeler Wilcox Ahasueras

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Ahasueras

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Then eight more kisses do I claim from thee, This very hour—first tithes of many due. I shall exact these payments as I will, And if they be not ready on demand, I’ll lock thee in the prison of my arms, Like this—and take them so—and so—and so!