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“Let me be thine, O love,

But for an hour! I yield my heart and soul

Into thy power,—Let me be thine, O Love of mine,

But for an hour!”

The King listened, and a faint shadow darkened the proud light on his face.

“‘But for an hour!’” he said half aloud—“Yes,—it would be enough! No woman’s love lasts longer!”