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IN THE ATHENIEUM GALLERY	A
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IT may be so perhaps thou hast	B
A warm and loving heart	C
I will not blame thee for thy face	D
Poor devil as thou art	C
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That thing thou fondly deem'st a nose	E
Unsightly though it be	A
In spite of all the cold world's scorn	F
It may be much to thee	A
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Those eyes among thine elder friends	G
Perhaps they pass for blue	H
No matter if a man can see	A
What more have eyes to do	H
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Thy mouth that fissure in thy face	D
By something like a chin	I
May be a very useful place	D
To put thy victual in	I
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I know thou hast a wife at home	J
I know thou hast a child	K
By that subdued domestic smile	L
Upon thy features mild	K
	-
That wife sits fearless by thy side	M
That cherub on thy knee	A
They do not shudder at thy looks	N
They do not shrink from thee	A
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Above thy mantel is a hook	O
A portrait once was there	P
It was thine only ornament	Q
Alas that hook is bare	P
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She begged thee not to let it go	R
She begged thee all in vain	S
She wept and breathed a trembling prayer	P
To meet it safe again	T
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It was a bitter sight to see	A
That picture torn away	U
It was a solemn thought to think	V
What all her friends would say	U
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And often in her calmer hours	W
And in her happy dreams	X
Upon its long deserted hook	O
The absent portrait seems	X
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Thy wretched infant turns his head	Y
In melancholy wise	Z
And looks to meet the placid stare	P
Of those unbending eyes	Z
	-
I never saw thee lovely one	A2
Perchance I never may	U
It is not often that we cross	B2
Such people in our way	U
	-
But if we meet in distant years	C2
Or on some foreign shore	D2
Sure I can take my Bible oath	E2
I've seen that face before	D2

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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