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Christina Georgina Rossetti - In The Round Tower At Jhansi
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A hundred, a thousand to one; even so;
  Not a hope in the world remained:
The swarming howling wretches below
  Gained and gained and gained.

Skene looked at his pale young wife:—
  `Is the time come?`—`The time is come!`—
Young, strong, and so full of life:
  The agony struck them dumb.

Close his arm about her now,
  Close her cheek to his, 
Close the pistol to her brow—
  God forgive them this!

`Will it hurt much?`—`No, mine own:
  I wish I could bear the pang for both.`
`I wish I could bear the pang alone:
  Courage, dear, I am not loth.`

Kiss and kiss: `It is not pain
  Thus to kiss and die.
One kiss more.`—`And yet one again.`—
  `Good-bye.`—`Good-bye.`
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