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A FORGIVENESS.
"No, never! All was folly in his case,
All guilt in mine. I tempted, he complied."
All guilt in mine. I tempted, he complied."
"And yet you loved me?"
"Loved you. Double-dyed
In folly and in guilt, I thought you gave
Your heart and soul away from me to slave
At statecraft. Since my right in you seemed lost,
I stung myself to teach you, to your cost,
What you rejected could be prized beyond
Life, heaven, by the first fool I threw a fond
Look on, a fatal word to."
In folly and in guilt, I thought you gave
Your heart and soul away from me to slave
At statecraft. Since my right in you seemed lost,
I stung myself to teach you, to your cost,
What you rejected could be prized beyond
Life, heaven, by the first fool I threw a fond
Look on, a fatal word to."
"And you still
Love me? Do I conjecture well or ill?"
Love me? Do I conjecture well or ill?"
