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THERE WAS A TIME, I NEED NOT NAME.
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There was a time, I need not name,Since it will ne'er forgotten be,
When all our feelings were the same
As still my soul hath been to thee.
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And from that hour when first thy tongueConfess'd a love which equall'd mine,
Though many a grief my heart hath wrung,
Unknown, and thus unfelt, by thine,
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None, none hath sunk so deep as this—To think how all that love hath flown;
Transient as every faithless kiss,
But transient in thy breast alone.
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And yet my heart some solace knew,When late I heard thy lips declare,
In accents once imagined true,
Remembrance of the days that were.
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Yes! my adored, yet most unkind!Though thou wilt never love again,
To me 'tis doubly sweet to find
Remembrance of that love remain.
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Yes! 'tis a glorious thought to me,Nor longer shall my soul repine,
Whate'er thou art or e'er shalt be,
Thou hast been dearly, solely mine.
June 10, 1808.
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