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<h2> DIVIDED </h2>
<p>Divided by no act of thine or mine,<br/>
Forever parted by a fatal deed,<br/>
A fatal feud. Alas! when fathers bleed,<br/>
The children shall fulfil the wild design.<br/>
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A Montague hath killed a Capulet,<br/>
A Capulet hath slain a Montague,—<br/>
Twin graves, twin sorrows, and oh, mad to-do<br/>
Of vengeance! oh, dread entail of regret!<br/>
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There lie they in their dark, self-chosen graves,<br/>
And from them cries Hate’s everlasting ghost,—<br/>
“Blood hath been shed, and Love and ye are slaves,<br/>
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Time wrecks, and freedom drifts upon life’s coast.”<br/>
Yet not for us the relish of that doom<br/>
Which found a throne upon a Juliet’s tomb.<br/></p>
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