Diamond Poems

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1. A Diamond

   by William Henry Venable

   Upon the breast of senseless earth
   This precious sparkling stone,
   A jewel of Golconda's worth,
   In sovran beauty shone.
   

   My lady for a moment bore
   The gem upon her brow,
   A moment on her bosom wore:—
   'Tis worth the Orient now.
   

2. Diamonds

   by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

   The tears of fallen women turned to ice
   By man's cold pity for repentant vice.
   

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