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! keen agony, For trusting heart, to find That vows believed, were vows conceived As light as summer wind.

O, agony! fierce agony, For loving heart to brook, In one brief hour the withering power Of unimpassioned look.

O, agony! deep agony, For heart that's proud and high, To learn of fate how desolate It may be ere it die.

O, agony! sharp agony, To find how loath to part With the fickleness and faithlessness That break a trusting heart!