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“A WORD SAID IN THE DARK”

A word said in the dark
And hands prest, for a token;
“Now, little maiden, mark
The word that you have spoken;
Be not your promise broken!”
His lips upon her cheek
Felt tears among their kisses;
“O, pardon I bespeak
If for my doubting this is!
Now all my doubting ceases.”