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Not My Enemies Ever Invade Me

NOT MY ENEMIES EVER INVADE ME.

NOT my enemies ever invade me—no harm to my pride from  
 them I fear; But the lovers I recklessly love—lo! how they master me! Lo! me, ever open and helpless, bereft of my strength! Utterly abject, grovelling on the ground before them.
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