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Zimorowicz 529
I have seen thee from a window when thou passedst
I thought that thou wishedst to see me
But thou passedst with a soft (silent) step
My house & my window and didst not stop
To cast thy eye on me unhappy! thy shame
A torment possessed my heart when I saw thee
God only preserved me from falling dead in my window
But I did not reproach thy neglect, only thy unwillingness
Therefore in a murky night thinking thou will come
I watched for thee
But the evening came – The murky night saw me at the window
I waited for thee till the full moon rose high in heaven
But thou didst not appear & to my sad eye could not
discover me.
Thou didst not write on a leaf & give
it to the wind – nor say utter a word thou
cruel heart! Where are now thy courteous gallantries
Where their bows – their lyres – the sweet sounding
of their music which unceasingly from eve to morn
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