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Love is a Terrible ThingGrace Fallow NortonI went out to the farthest meadow, I lay down in the deepest shadow;And I said unto the earth, “Hold me,” And unto the night, “O enfold me,“And unto the wind petulantly I cried, “You know not for you are free!“And I begged the little leaves to lean Low and together for a safe screen;Then to the stars I told my tale: “That is my home-light, there in the vale,“And O, I know that I shall return, But let me lie first mid the unfeeling fern.“For there is a flame that has blown too near, And there is a name that has grown too dear, And there is a fear …“And to the still hills and cool earth and far sky I made moan, “The heart in my bosom is not my own!“O would I were free as the wind on wing; Love is a terrible thing!”

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