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In the first days
Of my distracting grief, I found myself
As women wish to be who love their lords.

— John Home Douglas (1756)

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I'll woo her as the lion wooes his brides.

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A rude and boisterous captain of the sea.

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I'll woo her as the lion woos his brides.

He selom errs,
Who thinks the worst he can of womankind.

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Like Douglas conquer, or like Douglas die.

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