"My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret To think more happy thou hadst been If we had never met!And has that thought been shared by thee? Ah, no! that smiling cheek Proves more unchanging love for me Than labour'd words could speak."
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Thomas Haynes Bayly, "To Helena, On Her Birth Day, Decr. 17th 1831", Stanza 2, in Musings and Prosings (Boulogne, 1833), p. 5
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