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Impressions of Italy and Other Poems

By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley
 

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STANZAS.

And need I say to whom addressed
These lines are now?—oh, no!—'t were vain;
The chord shall vibrate in thy breast,
The truth shall lighten through thy brain!
I write to say but only this:
Grieve not that thou hast made me grieve.
Oh! thou wert dearer far than bliss—
Thou art—thou shalt be while I live!
But hast thou made me grieve?—No! No!
In this World nought for me may be
Of Bliss, Good, Trial, Strife, or Woe—
There's nothing—nothing now—but thee!