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obey me in this request, that nothing on earth
will interrupt my tranquility.
“Do not let this disturb you; not tomorrow,
or the next day,
and if I see but one
smile on your lips
I shall need no other happiness.
— ELIZABETH LAVENZA.
GENEVA, MAY
in my memory
tear me from
my sufferings.
I should be at peace,
laid
free.
a treasure; balanced by
Sweet
of love and joy;
Yet I would die
an inevi-
table;
fate.
binding me
to me