The Pagans

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I. SOME SPEECH OF MARRIAGE
II.  THE HEAVY MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
III.  THE SHOT OF ACCIDENT
IV.  AFTER SUCH A PAGAN CUT
V. THE BITTER PAST
VI.  A BOND OF AIR
VII.  IN WAY OF TASTE
VIII.  THE INLY TOUCH OF LOVE
IX.  VOLUBLE AND SHARP DISCOURSE
X. O, WICKED WIT AND GIFT
XI.  WHOM THE FATES HAVE MARKED
XII.  WHAT TIME SHE CHANTED
XIII.  THE ASSAY OF ART
XIV.  THIS IS NOT A BOON
XV.  ’TWAS WONDROUS PITIFUL
XVI.  CRUEL PROOF OF THIS MAN’S STRENGTH
XVII.  THIS “WOULD” CHANGES
XVIII.  BEDECKING ORNAMENTS OF PRAISE
XIX.  NOW HE IS FOR THE NUMBERS
XX.  THE WORLD IS STILL DECEIVED
XXI.  HIS PURE HEART’S TRUTH
XXII.  UPON A CHURCH-BENCH
XXIII.  HEART-SICK WITH THOUGHT,
XXIV.  IN PLACE AND IN ACCOUNT NOTHING,
XXV.  THIS DEED UNSHAPES ME,
XXVI.  THERE BEGINS CONFUSION,
XXVII.  WEIGHING DELIGHT AND DOLE,
XXVIII.  LIKE COVERED FIRE,
XXIX.  A NECESSARY EVIL,
XXX.  HOW CHANCES MOCK,
XXXI.  HE SPEAKS THE MERE CONTRARY,
XXXII.  A SYMPATHY OF WOE,
XXXIII.  A MINT OF PHRASES IN HIS BRAIN,
XXXIV.  HEART-BURNING HEAT OF DUTY,
XXXV.  PARTED OUR FELLOWSHIP,
XXXVI.  AS FALSE AS STAIRS OF SAND,
XXXVII.  FAREWELL AT ONCE, FOR ONCE, FOR ALL AND EVER.