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		<title>Sappho</title>
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		<title>I Am Not Yours</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Teasdale’s classic love lyric balancing the hunger to yield with the need to remain oneself.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Look</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A two-quatrain gem in which the memory of a look proves stronger than any kiss.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Loveliest of Trees</title>
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