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Beautiful maiden,
  So daintily fair,
Thy rose-hued lips,
  Thy soft, flowing hair,
Symmetric perfection,
  Sweet, winning face,
The charms that thou wearest
  A palace might grace;
And yet thy bright beauty
  May wreck and despair.
Beautiful maiden,
  Beware! oh, beware!

There are flattering tongues
  That ’twere death to believe,
And loves who woo
  But to win and deceive;
For innocent feet
  There is many a snare.
Beautiful maiden,
  Beware! oh, beware!