THE EXCHANGE[391:1]
We pledged our hearts, my love and I,—
I in my arms the maiden clasping;
I could not guess the reason why,
But, oh! I trembled like an aspen.
Her father's love she bade me gain; [5]
I went, but shook like any reed!
I strove to act the man—in vain!
We had exchanged our hearts indeed.
1804.
FOOTNOTES:
[391:1] First published in the Courier, April 16, 1804: included in the Poetical Register for 1804 (1805); reprinted in Literary Souvenir for 1826, p. 408, and in Literary Remains, 1836, i. 59. First collected in 1844.
LINENOTES:
[Title]] The Exchange of Hearts Courier, 1804.