Versos English Ella Wheeler Wilcox Esther

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Esther

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When woman loves one born of lowly state, Her thought gives crown and sceptre to her mate; Yet be he king, or chief of some great clan, She loves him but as woman loves a man. Monarch or peasant, ’tis the same, I wis When once she gives him love’s surrendering kiss.

HONEYMOON SCENE (FROM THE DRAMA OF MIZPAH)