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The Destroyer

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

With care, and skill, and cunning art
She parried Time's malicious dart,
And kept the years at bay,
Till passion entered in her heart
And aged her in a day!




Last updated January 14, 2019

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