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Do you remember the name I wore -- / The old pet-name of Little Queen -- / In the dear, dead days that are no more, / The happiest days of our lives, I ween? / For we loved with that passionate love of youth / That blesses but once with its perfect bliss -- / A love that, in spite of its trust and truth, / Seems never to thrive in a world like this.
I lived for you, and you lived for me; / All was centered in "Little Queen; " / And never a thought in our hearts had we / That strife or trouble could come between. / What utter sinking of self it was! / How little we cared for the world of men! / For love's fair kingdom and love's sweet laws / Were all of the world and life to us then.