You sought to prove how I could love, And my disdain is my reply. The lion on your old stone gates Is not more cold to you than I. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

You sought to prove how I could love, And my disdain is my reply. The lion on your old stone gates Is not more cold to you than I.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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