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Oh many a duel the world has seen	A
That was bitter with hate that was red with gore	B
But I sing of a duel by far more cruel	C
Than ever a poet was sung before	B
It was waged by night yea by day and by night	D
With never a pause or halt or rest	E
And the curious spot where this battle was fought	F
Was the throbbing heart in a woman s breast	E
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There met two rivals in deadly strife	G
And they fought for this woman so pale and proud	H
One was a man in the prime of his life	G
And one was a corpse in a moldy shroud	H
One wrapped in a sheet from his head to his feet	I
The other one clothed in worldly fashion	J
But a rival to dread is a man who is dead	K
If he has been loved in life with passion	J
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The living lover he battled with sighs	L
He strove for the woman with words that burned	M
While stiff and stark lay the corpse in the dark	N
And silently yearned and yearned and yearned	M
One spoke of the rapture that life still held	O
For hearts that yielded to love s desire	P
And one through the cold grave s earthly mold	Q
Sent thoughts of a past that were fraught with fire	P
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The living lover seized hold of her hands	R
You are mine he cried and we will not part	S
But she felt the clutch of the dead man s touch	T
On the tense drawn strings of her aching heart	S
Yet the touch was of ice and she shrank with fear	U
Oh the hands of the dead are cold so cold	Q
And warm were the arms that waited near	U
To gather her close in their clinging fold	Q
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And warm was the light in the living eyes	L
But the eyes of the dead how they stare and stare	V
With sudden surrender she turned to the tender	P
And passionate lover who wooed her there	V
Farewell to sorrow hail sweet to morrow	W
The battle was over the duel was done	J
They swooned in the blisses of love s fond kisses	X
And the dead man stared on in the dark alone	Y

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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