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Alafs how chang'd ! what sudden horrors rife ! A naked lover , bound and bleeding lies ! Where , where was Eloife ? her voice , her hand , Her ponyard had oppos'd the dire command ! Barbarian ftay ! that bloody ftroke restrain ...
Alafs how chang'd ! what sudden horrors rife ! A naked lover , bound and bleeding lies ! Where , where was Eloife ? her voice , her hand , Her ponyard had oppos'd the dire command ! Barbarian ftay ! that bloody ftroke restrain ...
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