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LOVE'S WAYS
You were not cruel always! Nay,
When I said Come! one year ago:
Could you have lingered by the way?
Did not the very wind seem slow?
When I said Come! one year ago:
Could you have lingered by the way?
Did not the very wind seem slow?
Then, had you tarried, I had known
Nor love's delight, nor lost love's pain:
Then, always had I lived alone.
Now, you need never come again.
Nor love's delight, nor lost love's pain:
Then, always had I lived alone.
Now, you need never come again.
1887.
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