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I saw her in a Broadway car,
   The woman I might grow to be;
I felt my lover look at her
   And then turn suddenly to me.

Her hair was dull and drew no light
   And yet its color was as mine;
Her eyes were strangely like my eyes
   Tho’ love had never made them shine.

Her body was a thing grown thin,
   Hungry for love that never came;
Her soul was frozen in the dark
   Unwarmed forever by love’s flame.

I felt my lover look at her
   And then turn suddenly to me,—
His eyes were magic to defy
   The woman I shall never be.