Her Race
She has not grown uncivilAs narrow natures wouldAnd called the pleasures evilHappier days thought good;She knows herself a womanNo red and white of a face,Or rank, raised from a commonUnreckonable race;And how should her heart fail herOr sickness break her willWith her dead brother's valourFor an example still.
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