Thou hast trembled like a harp’s frail string—
I know it by thy song!
Thou hast loved—it may be vainly—
But well—oh, but too well!
Thou hast suffer’d all that woman’s breast
May bear—but must not tell.
Thou hast wept, and thou hast parted,
Thou hast been forsaken long,
Thou hast watch’d for steps that came not back—
I know it by thy song!