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TO A FALSE LADY, by                    
First Line: When softly gathered twilight o'er the silent air
Last Line: With which thou didst unchanging love requite.'
Subject(s): Love - Unrequited;unfaithfulness; Infidelity;adultery;inconstancy


From the Italian

WHEN softly gathered twilight o'er the silent air,
And out from darkness rose the first bright star,
A gentle lady came my solitude to share.
I seemed to know her; and she was so heav'nly fair
That, gazing, I was hers; and near or far,
To honor her, I followed where she went: and then—
Ah well! I only pray: "God give thee, when
Thou art as I remain, the same sad plight
With which thou didst unchanging love requite."





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