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Edith Nesbit - The Refusal
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MINE is a palace fair to see, 
    All hung with gold and silver things, 
    It is more glorious than a king`s, 
And crownèd queens might envy me. 


Ah, no, I will not let you in! 
    Stay rather at the gates and weep 
    For all the splendour that I keep, 
The treasures that you cannot win. 


While you desire and I refuse, 
    For both the palace still is here-- 
    Its turrets gold, its silver gear 
Are yours to wish for--mine to use. 


But if I let you in, I know 
    The spell would break, the palace fade, 
    And we stand, trembling and afraid, 
Lost in the dark where chill winds blow.
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