Part 2 — THE EXCHANGE
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We pledged our hearts, my love and I,— I in my arms the maiden clasping: I could not tell the reason why, But oh! I trembled like an aspen.
Her father's love she bade me gain; I went, and shook like any reed! I strove to act the man—in vain! We had exchanged our hearts indeed.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge [1772-1834]