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Delilah

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Seductress, siren , temptress, enchantress Those are the terms you ascribe to my name  But I stand excessively misinterpreted Grossly unfair has your history books been to me ... Say no more    for  I know your plights Delilah  The books undermine your chivalry  Perhaps, they are embarrassed to admit   That it was you, whom without a single sword,  Intermitted the terror that slaughtered scores of men  I know you Delilah  Your beauty, they say is your curse But you didn’t create yourself now, did you? I know you Delilah  You gallantly saved your people  From the lures of the concupiscent monster Whose destiny was to wipe out your race Delilah, I know your plight, I say Couldn’t he have murdered you and fed your carcass to the vultures to devour  But you endured  His foul doting on you  You knew you deserved better than a licentious lover  But you condoned. Tell me Delilah, What depth of beauty did you possess? That his m