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I saw the wind within her -
I knew it blew for me -
But she must buy my shelter
I asked Humility
I bought
watched the vanquished
fluttering spirit
That would not intercede
Gibraltar could surrender
But not my
this little maid -
Precisely how it ended -
Redemption is the one
Of whom the explanation
Is Principally
hitherto unknown -
The saved have no remembrance
In our competing Days
it is
'Tis still an assistance
But their's forget in praise
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