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 passWithin 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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