But suppose she says,—Never mind that youth!

What wrong have I done to you?

Well, anyhow, here the story stays,

So far at least as I understand;

And, Robert Browning, you writer of plays,

Here 's a subject made to your hand!

THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER

I said—Then, dearest, since 't is so,

Since now at length my fate I know,

Since nothing all my love avails,