THE VAMPIRE
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Her hair that gleams as morning light, Filled with the sunbeams hidden gold, Her slender arms that warm and white Can happiness and bliss enfold, Her eyes, that like dark fires shine, And like dark fires soon destroy, Her lips that glow like scarlet wine And bid men drink of their sweet joy, All, all, her body’s beauty rare, Long slipped the leash of firm control— Is used as bait to catch and snare And kill a man’s immortal soul.