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Show BH' A Woman's Version of the Vampire. HB (With Apologies to Kipling.) HB A fool there wns, and she. lowered her BBl pride HB (Kven as you and I) BH To a bunch of conceit In a masculine H hlda- HB' (Wo saw tho faults that ooulil not bo HJi denied) HB' But the fool Haw only his manly side HB' (Even as you and I). BHr B- Oh, the love wo laid on our own heart' BBb' Rrave H With the rare of our head and hand, H Belongs to the man who did not know H " (And now wo know that ho nover could H know) H And did not understand. H A fool there was, and her best uhe gave H (Kvun aa you and I) H Ot noble thoughts, of gay and grave H (And alt wero accepted aa due to tho H knavo) H Dut a fool would never hor folly save H (Even aa you and I). H Oh. the ataba he hid. which tht Lord M forbid H Had ever been really planned. H We took from the man who didn't know H why H (And now we know he never knew why) M And did not understand. H Tho fool was lovel while the game was H , new H (Even aa you and I) H And when It vae played she took her cue H (Plodding along aa moat of us do) H Trying to keep his faults from view H j (Kven as you and I). H And It Isn't the actio of the heart, or Its HH break H That stlnes like a white-hot brand H It Is the learning to know that she raised H a H And bent her head to kiss the rod H For one who could not understand. |