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- NOTE: This poem was written by Don Harlow as a reply to Ruchira
- Dutta's "Continual Trivia Contest".
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- Delightful Mistress Madwen,
- She was a Lugard gel,
- But with a lad from Cairhein
- So deep in love she fell.
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- Merry Mistress Madwen!
- The twain to Cairhien fled.
- They sampled love's first pleasures,
- And quickly they were wed.*
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- Ambitious Mistress Madwen!
- A country inn they bought.
- They'd make their fortune with it,
- And would not yield for aught.
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- Exhausted Mistress Madwen;
- She'd rise up at first light,
- And polish all the silver
- Until the fall of night.
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- Bereaved Widow Madwen.
- To a gentle lad from Andor
- She spilled out all her sorrow
- With unaccustomed candor.
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- Determined Mistress Madwen
- Set out, her life to fix.
- She hastened back to Lugard
- Where we'll see her in BOOK SIX!
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- *I considered other possible rhymes at this point, but decided that
- discretion was indicated.
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- Don Harlow donh@netcom.com
- Esperanto League for N.A. elna@netcom.com (800) 828-5944
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