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Cruel! that I should be glad / That he loves and suffers still, / Yet how should my soul be sad / That his passionate, resolute will / Cannot crush the love that is stronger than he, / The love that is all for me!
The year has left its trace / (Cover it how he will!) / On the proud, impassive face / And I know how he suffers still-- / Thrall to a love that is stronger than he, / A love that is all for me.