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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578205" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Secret Countess</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The hammer has fallen<br>The red has come<br>The richer are fleeing<br>The poor they shall become<br>Petyas teeth cut on gold<br>But know his sisters hands are bleeding<br>From harder work than she’s ever known<br>Scrubbing and polishing<br>In an English house of old</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gone are the furs<br>The silks in the snow<br>The string of pearls<br>The pretty little bow<br>The diamond brooches<br>The carriages at twelve<br>The long ball dresses<br>On the marble stone floor</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Grasinky’s jewel sparkle<br>In a greedy cooks eyes<br>Lost in a world without trust<br>All she has is a smile<br>No now that is lost<br>So the devil arrives<br>With her endless demands<br>A beaut outside<br>Ugly within<br>No care of the servants work<br>With their hands and heart</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Perfection is surely just a dream<br>But her demand it is<br>For simple is common<br>Her wedding must be just so<br>No sweet songs<br>Or old fashioned dress<br>No ‘handicapped child’<br>Shall follow her trail<br>But there is no love in her eyes<br>Just unforgiving desire<br>To be a title</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But in amongst her servant ranks<br>A high class beauty lurks<br>Her ballet bow<br>That shivers hearts<br>Lies surround her<br>But the truth she always speaks<br>And dear little Ollie<br>With her strong little mind<br>Nothing defeats her<br>‘Cept the devil in disguise<br>But pure sweet Grasinky<br>Gives her a smile<br>A story<br>A dog<br>A diamond within</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Closer and closer the wedding draws<br>And further and further they do split<br>All he wants is Anna’s hand<br>Of course it shall never be<br>Too much of a gentleman is he<br>Finally the wedding eve ball<br>But the secrets out<br>The countess reviled<br>He begs<br>One dance they share<br>The orchestra know<br>They wish it will last<br>But it’s all too short</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bells chime<br>But where is she<br>Sweet little Ollie<br>A promise he made<br>If she is not there<br>I do -I shall not say<br>The butler loyal and true<br>Is there to save the day<br>Well paid cousins<br>Locked in the tower<br>Acting madly<br>She runs and screams<br>He laughs and cheers</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Anna leaves for home<br>All is over<br>The embarrassment too much<br>She smiles when she arrives<br>In her maids little flat<br>Her old cook comes<br>Laden with her jewels<br>A chest of money<br>A bolt of silk<br>All the others shimmering shining<br>Back to the rightful owner<br>Maybe the world is not so trust less</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then a letter arrives<br>Two more days Anna must work<br>How very rude her mother cries<br>But back she must go<br>She serves a meal<br>But hiding behind<br>The carved cabinet<br>Her one true love<br>In shy happiness<br>Her wedding was a smile<br>All the country quaint<br>With sweet little Ollie<br>Marching proudly<br>A big smile on her face<br>No single eye in the church was dry<br>And the secret countess<br>Was true again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Annie+Clarke">Annie Clarke</a><div class=q>
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The red has come
The richer are fleeing
The poor they shall become
Petyas teeth cut on gold
But know his sisters hands are bleeding
From harder work than she’s ever known
Scrubbing and polishing
In an English house of old

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