Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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HEARKEN TO ME.
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HEARKEN TO ME.
FROM “INEZ,” A MS. POEM.
Hearken to me before I die,
Oh! thou too treacherous—but too dear—
Hear but my Heart's impassioned cry,
Hear!—hear!—for shame or pity, hear!
Oh! thou too treacherous—but too dear—
Hear but my Heart's impassioned cry,
Hear!—hear!—for shame or pity, hear!
I love thee with so deep a love,
Thy harsh unkindness is in vain
Its truth and passion to remove,
Though that hath pierced through heart and brain!
Thy harsh unkindness is in vain
Its truth and passion to remove,
Though that hath pierced through heart and brain!
How can I waste my Soul on thee,
From whom but cold neglect I meet?—
How can I thus devoted be,
Spurn'd, harshly spurn'd, e'en from thy feet?
From whom but cold neglect I meet?—
How can I thus devoted be,
Spurn'd, harshly spurn'd, e'en from thy feet?
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How can I dream through Night and Day,
Of one whose heart forgets me still;
And struggling on my darkened way,
Bless the stern cause of all mine ill?
Of one whose heart forgets me still;
And struggling on my darkened way,
Bless the stern cause of all mine ill?
How can I turn from every scene,
Where peace and gladness seem to smile
On one most Fear-like Hope to lean
In tremblings and in tears the while?
Where peace and gladness seem to smile
On one most Fear-like Hope to lean
In tremblings and in tears the while?
All, all is answered—but too well—
Oh! could thy Heart this answer move—
Two little words the whole truth tell,
Two little loveliest words—“I love!”
Oh! could thy Heart this answer move—
Two little words the whole truth tell,
Two little loveliest words—“I love!”
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