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HER DILEMMA

(in — church)

THE two were silent in a sunless church,
Whose mildewed walls, uneven pavingstones,
And wasted carvings passed antique research;
And nothing broke the clock's dull monotones.

Leaning against a wormy poppy-head,
So wan and worn that he could scarcely stand,

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