A love for one who does not know

The thoughts that in my bosom glow.

Oh! cease my heart, thy throbbing hide,

Another soon will be his bride;

And hope’s last faint, but cheering ray,

Will then for ever pass away.

They cannot see the silent tear,

That falls unchecked when none are near;

Nor do they mark the smother’d sigh

That heaves my breast when they are by.