I am thy true son, or another man.

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Ul. All hangs on thee; for none but thou must know,

Not even thy mother. Tell me, I would learn

If in her thought I am alive or dead;

And what thine own mind was, fear not to say.

Tel. Truly ’twixt hope and hopelessness, we stood

In blank uncertainty; and if not yet

Our wishes wore the colour of our fears,

Now was the turn.