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TO A WANDERING FEMALE SINGER.
Thou hast loved and thou hast suffered!
Unto feeling deep and strong,
Thou hast trembled like a harp's frail string—
I know it by thy song!
Thou hast loved—it may be vainly—
But well—oh! but too well—
Thou hast suffered all that woman's breast
May bear—but must not tell.
Thou hast wept and thou hast parted,
Thou hast been forsaken long,
Thou hast watched for steps that came not back—
I know it by thy song!
