Never any more,
While I live,
Need I hope to see his face
As before.
Once his love grown chill,
Mine may strive:
Bitterly we re-embrace,
Single still.
Would he loved me yet,
On and on,
While I found some way undreamed
---Paid my debt!
Gave more life and more,
Till, all gone,
He should smile "She never seemed
"Mine before.
[ ... ]
Dear, the pang is brief,
Do thy part,
Have thy pleasure! How perplexed
Grows belief!
Well, this cold clay clod
Was man's heart:
Crumble it, and what comes next?
Is it God?
Three songs
Song Cycle by Caroline Reinagle, née Orger (1818 - 1892)
?. In a year  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), "In a year", appears in Men and Women, Volume II, first published 1885
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