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the love affairs of a bibliomaniac(藏书癖者的爱情)-第31部分

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illustrating the vanity of human confidence。 

         One day I got a missive                   Writ in a dainty hand;            Which 

made   my   manly   bosom                 With     vanity   expand。       'T   was   from   a 

‘‘young   admirer''               Who   asked   me   would   I   mind        Sending   her 

‘‘favorite poem''              ‘‘In autograph; and signed。'' 

        She   craved   the   boon   so   sweetly             That   I   had   been   a   churl 

Had   I   repulsed   the   homage               Of   this   gentle;   timid   girl;    With 

bright    illuminations               I   decked     the  manuscript;        And      in  my 

choicest paints and inks                My brush and pen I dipt。 

        Indeed     it  had   been    tedious              But    that   a  flattered   smile 

Played on   my  rugged   features                 And   eased   my  toil   the   while。     I 

was   assured   my   poem               Would   fill   her   with   delight    I   fancied 

she was pretty               I knew that she was bright! 

        And     for  a  spell   thereafter             That    unknown      damsel's     face 

With     its  worshipful      expression                  Pursued      me    every    place; 

Meseemed to hear her whisper:                      ‘‘O; thank you; gifted sir;           For 

the overwhelming honor                   You so graciously confer!'' 

        But    a  catalogue    from    Benjamin's              Disproves       what   things 

meseemed           Dispels     with    savage    certainty               The    flattering 

dreams   I   dreamed;        For   that   poor   ‘‘favorite   poem;''           Done   and 

signed in autograph;          Is listed in ‘‘Cheap Items''               At a dollar…and… 

a…half。 



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