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[Pg 7]

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[Pg 8]

THE PATH OF ROSES.

THE PATH OF ROSES.

Soon she unclasp’d the volume once again,

[Pg 9]

[Pg 10]

And answer came there from the creeping gloom,

She spake again: in bitter tone she spake:

[Pg 11]

And answer came there from the creeping gloom,

And, so it seemed to her, an awful light

Beneath, around, and far as eye could see,

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So prayed the Lady, watching tearfully

Then once again the solemn whisper came:

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And she arose, and in that darkening room

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