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AH, love is bitter and sweet,
but which is more sweet,
the sweetness
or the bitterness?
none has spoken it.
Love is bitter,
but can salt taint sea-flowers,
grief, happiness?
Is it bitter to give back
love to your lover
if he crave it?
Is it bitter to give back
love to your lover
if he wish it
for a new favourite?
who can say,
or is it sweet?
Is it sweet
to possess utterly?
or is it bitter,
bitter as ash?