The jests that lit our hours by night And made them gay, Soiled a sweet and ignorant soul And fouled its play. (Djuna Barnes)

The jests that lit our hours by night And made them gay, Soiled a sweet and ignorant soul And fouled its play.

Djuna Barnes

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