[the Alternative]
This way or that, ye Powers above me!
I of my grief were rid
Did Enna either really love me,
Or cease to think she did.
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[the Exchange]
We pledged our hearts, my love and I,
I in my arms the maiden clasping;
I could not tell the reason why,
But, oh! I trembled like an aspen.
Her father's love she bade me gain;
I went, and shook like any reed!
I strove to act the man in vain!
We had exchanged our hearts indeed.
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