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If I have erred in showing all my heart, / And lost your favour by a lack of pride; / If standing like a beggar at your side / With naked feet, I have forgot the art / Of those who bargain well in passion's mart, / And win the thing they want by what they / hide; / Be mine the fault as mine the hope denied, / Be mine the lover's and the loser's part.
The sin, if sin it was, I do repent, / And take the penance on myself alone; / Yet after I have borne the punishment, / I shall not fear to stand before the throne / Of Love with open heart, and make this plea: / "At least I have not lied to her nor Thee! "