And I should be lying quite dead—quite dead!

You would be thinking of me as alive,

While daisies were growing over my head.

And now—for my good—will you crush my life

With a burthen it cannot bear, I know?

O Harry, my darling, I am your wife—

O what have I done that you treat me so?'

He stared in my eyes with a sort of frown,

That more than a smile gave promise of grace;

The mask that he wore fell suddenly down,