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REMEMBER HIM, WHOM PASSION'S POWER.
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REMEMBER HIM, WHOM PASSION'S POWER.[decimal 1]
1.
Remember him, whom Passion's power
Severely—deeply—vainly proved:
Remember thou that dangerous hour,
When neither fell, though both were loved.[lower-roman 1]
Remember him, whom Passion's power
Severely—deeply—vainly proved:
Remember thou that dangerous hour,
When neither fell, though both were loved.[lower-roman 1]
2.
That yielding breast, that melting eye,[lower-roman 2]
Too much invited to be blessed:
That gentle prayer, that pleading sigh,
The wilder wish reproved, repressed.
That yielding breast, that melting eye,[lower-roman 2]
Too much invited to be blessed:
That gentle prayer, that pleading sigh,
The wilder wish reproved, repressed.
3.
Oh! let me feel that all I lost[lower-roman 3]
But saved thee all that Conscience fears;
And blush for every pang it cost
To spare the vain remorse of years.
Oh! let me feel that all I lost[lower-roman 3]
But saved thee all that Conscience fears;
And blush for every pang it cost
To spare the vain remorse of years.
4.
Yet think of this when many a tongue,
Whose busy accents whisper blame,
Would do the heart that loved thee wrong,
And brand a nearly blighted name.[lower-roman 4]
Yet think of this when many a tongue,
Whose busy accents whisper blame,
Would do the heart that loved thee wrong,
And brand a nearly blighted name.[lower-roman 4]
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Notes
- ↑ [It is possible that these lines, as well as the Sonnets "To Genevra," were addressed to Lady Frances Wedderburn Webster.—See Letters, 1898, ii, 2, note 1; and Letters, 1899, iii. 8, note 1.]