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When we two parted / In silence and tears, / Half broken-hearted / To sever for years, / Pale grew thy cheek and cold, / Colder thy kiss; / Truly that hour foretold / Sorrow to this.
The dew of the morning / Sunk chill on my brow - / It felt like the warning / Of what I feel now. / Thy vows are all broken, / And light is thy fame; / I hear thy name spoken, / And share in its shame.
They name thee before me, / A knell to mine ear; / A shrudder comes o'er me - / Why wert thou so dear? / They know not I knew thee, / Who knew thee so well - / Long, long I shall rue thee, / Too deeply to tell.
In secret we met - / In silence I grieve, / That thy heart could forget, / Thy spirit deceive / If I should meet thee / After long years, / How should I greet thee? - / With silence and tears.