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“Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?”
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- Song.
- Type:
- song
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 2c6694ce959572bf810d4e47a55d3a4c8b642f6d9cefd3ef1bda02cfb6a7b633
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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