Word: maidens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unattainable, and its ceaseless Knock at the fast-closed gate of the empyrean, and all that --. But what am I saying, or where am I? Of course - I forgot - I am in South America; but this madness unseats my reason. I was wandering alone, and mourning for Carolinda. "O maiden," said I, "light of my more than pagan darkness, esoteric - or shall I say exoteric? - influence, which in conjunction with the centripetal - or shall I say centrifugal? - forces...
Quoth this simple, artless maiden...
...Maiden fair...
Gave them to this maiden fair...
CHAPTER VI.The next day the gentlemanly clerk in Hubbard's noticed a youth and a maiden standing on the sidewalk in front of his store. The haggard expression of the youth, his wild and unkempt locks, betokened a mind ill at ease. He was brandishing a postal card in his hand. It said: "You are requested to come to the Dean's office between 3 and 5 P.M." Signed...