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"An Exception" from Marion Daily Star
by Ellis Parker Butler


from Marion Daily Star
An Exception
by Ellis Parker Butler

In all romances, old and new,
    And in all lover's rhymes
I find one rule that has held true
    Since prehistoric times.

The lover must, if he indeed
    Be hit by Cupid's dart,
Grow pale, sigh much, neglect his food,
    And wholly lose his heart.

Now fain would I abide this rule
    But I, forsooth, grow red
And hot, and stammer like a fool,
    And only lose my head.




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