I ask thee, with beseeching eyes,
For patient tenderness,
When tears thou canst not comprehend
Nor all my power repress,
For patient tenderness,
When tears thou canst not comprehend
Nor all my power repress,
Fall from the eyes I try to raise
Submissively to thine;
Nor think because the rain-drops fall
I uselessly repine.
Submissively to thine;
Nor think because the rain-drops fall
I uselessly repine.
Our woman-hearts are finely strung,
Vibrating with a breath,
And she is saddest who must smile
O'er bleeding wounds beneath.
Vibrating with a breath,
And she is saddest who must smile
O'er bleeding wounds beneath.
A careless word, a hasty line,
Strikes like a barbèd dart;
Deal very gently, you who win,
With woman's loving heart.
Strikes like a barbèd dart;
Deal very gently, you who win,
With woman's loving heart.
I place my hand within thy own,
Thro' love, confidingly,
Content to tread thro' any path
So that it be with thee.
Thro' love, confidingly,
Content to tread thro' any path
So that it be with thee.
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