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For you, I could forget the gay / Delirium of merriment, / And let my laughter die away / In endless silence of content.
I could forget, for your dear sake, / The utter emptiness and ache / Of every loss I ever knew. -- / What could I not forget for you?
I could forget the just deserts / Of mine own sins, and so erase / The tear that burns, the smile that hurts, / And all that mars or masks my face.
For your fair sake I could forget / The bonds of life that chafe and fret, / Nor care if death were false or true. -- / What could I not forget for you?
What could I not forget? Ah me!
One thing, I know, would still abide / Forever in my memory, / Though all of love were lost beside -- / I yet would feel how first the wine / Of your sweet lips made fools of mine / Until they sung, all drunken through -- / "What could I not forget for you? "