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Would only have grown more gentle,
 With a sorrowful surprise;
For a nobler and a kinder heart
 Ne'er beat beneath the skies.

You never meant to give me pain,
 But, oh, 'twas a cruel good,
I so low in the world's esteem,
 You of such noble blood,
That you stooped to as gentle words and deeds,
 As ever an angel could.

I blessed you for your brightness
 When you came unto our shore,
For the dull earth caught a beauty
 It never had before;
But you left a lonesome shadow,
 That will lie there evermore.

How proud the good ship bore you
 Adown the golden bay,
The sun's last light upon its sails—
 I stood there mournfully;
For I knew it left the darkness—
 Took the sunlight all away.