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I BLAME YOU NOT.
I.
I blame you not!—I blame you not!But, dearest love, why came you not?
And such a night—
A very moon and star delight,
With pearly clouds so softly white;
And, 'mong the trees,
As 'twere a Love itself at ease,
So frolic and so sweet a breeze!—
Ah! dearest love, I blame you not!
I sorrow—but why came you not?
II.
I blame you not!—I blame you not!But prithee, sweet, why came you not?
To loss of hours,
Delicious, as if fed on flowers,
Whose April tears are joys to ours!
Ah! lost the eyes,
Whose smile alone can make our skies,
Who heeds, though moon and stars arise?
Ah! moon and stars could shame you not,
Why came you not? why came you not?
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