DESPONDENCY
To ALEX.
To ALEX.
YOU came when hope was sinking fast,
And bade me listen and be strong,
You told the story of your wrong;
With sorrow in my tender heart,
And all the love I could impart,
In sacred trust I gave to you.
Thus in your arms my life was cast,
Content that all our days should pass
Within the haven of sweet love.
But as the fleeting years rolled by,
Me-thought a shadow in your eye
Disclosed a sadness, a regret.
Its meaning you would ne'er unfold,
Altho' my soul grew dark with fear,
My heart was wrung with woe untold,
But I did love and trust in you.
Ah me,—I love you dearly still.
And when I see those sad, sweet eyes,
With unshed tears from grief so fill,
And bade me listen and be strong,
You told the story of your wrong;
With sorrow in my tender heart,
And all the love I could impart,
In sacred trust I gave to you.
Thus in your arms my life was cast,
Content that all our days should pass
Within the haven of sweet love.
But as the fleeting years rolled by,
Me-thought a shadow in your eye
Disclosed a sadness, a regret.
Its meaning you would ne'er unfold,
Altho' my soul grew dark with fear,
My heart was wrung with woe untold,
But I did love and trust in you.
Ah me,—I love you dearly still.
And when I see those sad, sweet eyes,
With unshed tears from grief so fill,
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