The past, forgot my woes, and went
Back to his home with heart content.
O Heaven![1314] could I have but foreseen,
Could I have known he did not mean
To keep the vows so freely made!
Once more his promises were cast
Aside,[1315] as idle words, and worse
Than e’en before—a daily curse[1316]
My life became.
Then came at last the final blow—