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WHY do I love thee, Sir?Because—The wind does notRequire the grassTo answer wherefore, whenHe pass,She cannot keep her place.
The lightning never askedAn eyeWherefore she shut whenHe was by—Because he knowsShe cannot speak,And reasons not containedOf talkThere be—preferred by daintier folk.