This is my plea. I stand and wait my fate.
If thou dost love me, darling, tell me so;
If not—but that can never be, I know.
THE ANSWER SHE GAVE HIM.
Your note to me, of recent date,
Where you are so importunate,
Has been received, and I have read,
With greatest care, what you have said.
I am quite pleased that you can see
So much to praise in one like me,