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Canto the Third

III

In her first passion woman loves her lover,
     In all the others all she loves is love,
Which grows a habit she can ne'er get over,
     And fits her loosely?like an easy glove,
As you may find, whene'er you like to prove her:
     One man alone at first her heart can move;
She then prefers him in the plural number,
Not finding that the additions much encumber.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
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