Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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['Tis wretchedness and weariness]
'Tis wretchedness and weariness,
To dwell in dark suspense;
'Tis desolation's dreariness—
A fiery pang intense!
To dwell in dark suspense;
'Tis desolation's dreariness—
A fiery pang intense!
Then every sorrow's worst we know,
And live through every grief!—
Since in Suspense, for ever Woe
Bears the first part and chief!
And live through every grief!—
Since in Suspense, for ever Woe
Bears the first part and chief!
What heaviness!—what dreariness!—
Suspense!—thy fevered state!—
'Twere less of woe and weariness—
To know the gloomiest fate!
Suspense!—thy fevered state!—
'Twere less of woe and weariness—
To know the gloomiest fate!
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For so much still the heart doth fear,
To nurse a fleeting dream,
It hastes—as if Joy smiled too near,
To Misery's worst extreme!
To nurse a fleeting dream,
It hastes—as if Joy smiled too near,
To Misery's worst extreme!
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