Are seeking mine with such a pleading look;

And as that searching gaze on me thou turnest,

I know that falsehood thou couldst never brook.

Yet I could almost wish deceit were dwelling

Within the soul laid bare before me now,

That false, false words within thy breast were swelling,

That I might read it on thy pallid brow.

Or rather, that thou deemedst true and stainless

The vows that have just trembled to mine ear;

If then thy love could pass away all painless,