The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe Household Edition : with illustrations |
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“JUSTINE, YOU LOVE ME NOT!”
“Hélas! vous ne m'aimez pas.”
—Piron.
—Piron.
I know, Justine, you speak me fair
As often as we meet;
And 't is a luxury, I swear,
To hear a voice so sweet;
And yet it does not please me quite,
The civil way you 've got;
For me you 're something too polite,—
Justine, you love me not!
As often as we meet;
And 't is a luxury, I swear,
To hear a voice so sweet;
And yet it does not please me quite,
The civil way you 've got;
For me you 're something too polite,—
Justine, you love me not!
I know, Justine, you never scold
At aught that I may do:
If I am passionate or cold,
'T is all the same to you.
“A charming temper,” say the men,
“To smooth a husband's lot”:
I wish 't were ruffled now and then,—
Justine, you love me not!
At aught that I may do:
If I am passionate or cold,
'T is all the same to you.
“A charming temper,” say the men,
“To smooth a husband's lot”:
I wish 't were ruffled now and then,—
Justine, you love me not!
I know, Justine, you wear a smile
As beaming as the sun;
But who supposes all the while
It shines for only one?
Though azure skies are fair to see,
A transient cloudy spot
In yours would promise more to me,—
Justine, you love me not!
As beaming as the sun;
But who supposes all the while
It shines for only one?
Though azure skies are fair to see,
A transient cloudy spot
In yours would promise more to me,—
Justine, you love me not!
I know, Justine, you make my name
Your eulogistic theme,
And say—if any chance to blame—
You hold me in esteem.
Such words, for all their kindly scope,
Delight me not a jot;
Just so you would have praised the Pope,—
Justine, you love me not!
Your eulogistic theme,
And say—if any chance to blame—
You hold me in esteem.
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Delight me not a jot;
Just so you would have praised the Pope,—
Justine, you love me not!
I know, Justine, for I have heard
What friendly voices tell,—
You do not blush to say the word,
“You like me passing well”;
And thus the fatal sound I hear
That seals my lonely lot:
There's nothing now to hope or fear,—
Justine, you love me not!
What friendly voices tell,—
You do not blush to say the word,
“You like me passing well”;
And thus the fatal sound I hear
That seals my lonely lot:
There's nothing now to hope or fear,—
Justine, you love me not!
| The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe | |