If I had thought thou couldst have died,
I might not weep for thee;
But I forgot, when by thy side,
That thou couldst mortal be;
the time would e'er be o'er,
And I on thee should look my last,
And thou shouldst smile no more!
And still upon that I look,
And think 'twill smile again;
And still the thought I will not brook,
That I must look in vain.
But when I speak- thou dost not say
What thou ne'er left'st unsaid;
And now I fell, as well I may,
sweet mary, thou art dead!
If thou wouldst stay, e'en as thou art,
All cold and all serene-
I still might press thy silent heart,
And where thy smiles have been.
While e'en thy chill, bleak corse I have,
thou seemest still mine own;
but there- I lay thee in thy grave,
And I am now alone!
I do not think, where'er thou art.
Thou hast forgotten me;
And I perhaps, may soothe this heart
In thinking too of thee:
Yet there was round thee such a dawn
Of light ne'er seen before,
As fancy never could have drawn,
And never can restore!
-Wolfe
I might not weep for thee;
But I forgot, when by thy side,
That thou couldst mortal be;
the time would e'er be o'er,
And I on thee should look my last,
And thou shouldst smile no more!
And still upon that I look,
And think 'twill smile again;
And still the thought I will not brook,
That I must look in vain.
But when I speak- thou dost not say
What thou ne'er left'st unsaid;
And now I fell, as well I may,
sweet mary, thou art dead!
If thou wouldst stay, e'en as thou art,
All cold and all serene-
I still might press thy silent heart,
And where thy smiles have been.
While e'en thy chill, bleak corse I have,
thou seemest still mine own;
but there- I lay thee in thy grave,
And I am now alone!
I do not think, where'er thou art.
Thou hast forgotten me;
And I perhaps, may soothe this heart
In thinking too of thee:
Yet there was round thee such a dawn
Of light ne'er seen before,
As fancy never could have drawn,
And never can restore!
-Wolfe
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I used to write under the pseudonym of "Wolfe", but it's certainly not one of mine. Where did you find it?