Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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I WILL NOT LISTEN. |
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I WILL NOT LISTEN.
I will not listen to thee, Heart!
Too sad the tale thou hast to tell;
And I must bear my destined part;
And I must strive to bear it well.
Too sad the tale thou hast to tell;
And I must bear my destined part;
And I must strive to bear it well.
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Peace!—peace! my weak and wayward heart,
I will not, must not list to thee;
Thou can'st have nothing to impart
But misery's worst monotony!
I will not, must not list to thee;
Thou can'st have nothing to impart
But misery's worst monotony!
I will not hearken to thy tale,
Importunately fond and vain;
Thy broken moan—thy bitter wail,
Thy low—faint—sighing, understrain!
Importunately fond and vain;
Thy broken moan—thy bitter wail,
Thy low—faint—sighing, understrain!
But if I hearken not to thee,
Poor Heart! I'll list to nought beside;
Be deaf to Pleasure's minstrelsy,
Nor heed the trumpet call of Pride!
Poor Heart! I'll list to nought beside;
Be deaf to Pleasure's minstrelsy,
Nor heed the trumpet call of Pride!
I will not listen to thee, Heart;
But seek to tread my destined path,
And strive to bear my destined part,
As many another Sufferer hath!
But seek to tread my destined path,
And strive to bear my destined part,
As many another Sufferer hath!
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