A VALENTINE.
TO C.M.
One said to me, "To-day
I go where I perchance may meet thy Friend,—
What shall I take from thee?" I answered, "Nay,
Nought have I left to send,
I go where I perchance may meet thy Friend,—
What shall I take from thee?" I answered, "Nay,
Nought have I left to send,
"For she hath all of mine
Already! only giving of her store—
A little miser!—through her usury fine
To draw on mine the more!
Already! only giving of her store—
A little miser!—through her usury fine
To draw on mine the more!
"More lit that she send back
What she hath won of me; but it were vain,—
What once hath been with Her will seek the track,
The wonted track, again!"
What she hath won of me; but it were vain,—
What once hath been with Her will seek the track,
The wonted track, again!"
February 13.
