 | Studies in verse (1865) |  |
‘Now therefore let these words of yours to-day
Be as unsaid: forget them: you and I
Have heard them only: let no mortal soul
Hear them of either: they shall never pass
My lips, and yours they will not any more.
And I entreat you for the love of heaven,
By all our ancient kindness that has been
About these fields since we were each so young,
To try and love poor Lucy in return.
For she is worthy this, and worthy more
Than any man can give her of his love.’
Be as unsaid: forget them: you and I
Have heard them only: let no mortal soul
Hear them of either: they shall never pass
My lips, and yours they will not any more.
And I entreat you for the love of heaven,
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About these fields since we were each so young,
To try and love poor Lucy in return.
For she is worthy this, and worthy more
Than any man can give her of his love.’
| Studies in verse (1865) | |