Adam Lindsay Gordon

“ Can our worst intentions lead us, say,
To a still more sultry spot?
MARK.
'Tis said that charity makes amends
For a multitude of transgressions.
MAURICE.
But our perjured loves, and our faithless friends,
Are entitled to no concessions.
MARK.
Old man, these many years side by side,
Our parallel paths have lain,
Now in life's long journey diverging wide,
They can scarcely unite again,
And tho' (from all that I've seen and heard)
You're prone to chafe and to fret
At the least restraint, not one angry word
Have we two exchanged as yet. ”

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