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The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

From the Cancioneros

IV Glove of Black in White Hand Bare

Glove of black in white hand bare, And about her forehead pale Wound a thin, transparent veil, That doth not conceal her hair; Sovereign attitude and air, Cheek and neck alike displayed With coquettish charms arrayed, Laughing eyes and fugitive;— This is killing men that live, 'T is not mourning for the dead.