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Show TWO WOMEN, Katp sat fol Jine her yellow hair. Where the summer w.uds swept by, "Whlb' bla!i he toe'l out her ebon locka, V ith many a blu.-h and sigh. For both wore fair and the world was wide, Where they wmtrht to reap and win A harvest of jvyi with golden shiiaves, With many a heart witain. Kate, like a queen, would conquer and reign, With a kingdom of men at her feet, But Blanche, like a lily, would bend and away, Where the waters of love should meet. And each had the wfch her thought had made ; But their paths were wide apart, For one ruled a host of fools at her beck, And the other ruled only a heart. And 'lime, the toiler, when fleeting by, Found Blanche a- bright and fair As in the days of the summer winds That waved Kate's yellow hair. But the yellow hair wa-s thin and gray, And the heart of Kate gruwn old ; For the hearts of women nmt love or die, And they never thrive on gold. Californ:an. |