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 "title": "Queen Henrietta Maria",
 "ordinal": "II",
 "subtitle": "To Ellen Terry",
 "poet": "Oscar Wilde",
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   {
    "text": "In the lone tent, waiting for victory,",
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   {
    "text": "She stands with eyes marred by the mists of pain,",
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   {
    "text": "Like some wan lily overdrenched with rain:",
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   {
    "text": "The clamorous clang of arms, the ensanguined sky,",
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   {
    "text": "War’s ruin, and the wreck of chivalry",
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   {
    "text": "To her proud soul no common fear can bring:",
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   {
    "text": "Bravely she tarrieth for her Lord the King,",
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   {
    "text": "Her soul a-flame with passionate ecstasy.",
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   {
    "text": "O Hair of Gold! O Crimson Lips! O Face",
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   {
    "text": "Made for the luring and the love of man!",
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    "text": "With thee I do forget the toil and stress,",
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    "text": "The loveless road that knows no resting place,",
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    "text": "Time’s straitened pulse, the soul’s dread weariness,",
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