Lapsus Calami (Aug 1891)/Regrets

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Regrets.

A Roundel.

You would not hear me speak; you never knew,Will never know, the eloquence uniqueIt was my purpose to bestow on you;You would not hear me speak.
Dear! it was no caprice, or idle freak:Perhaps I did not even mean to woo:My meaning was not very far to seek:I might have gained the end I had in view;I might have failed, since words are often weak;It never can be settled now: adieu!You would not hear me speak.
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