Ad Domnulam Suam
 
Little lady of my heart!
   Just a little longer,
Love me: we will pass and part,
   Ere this love grow stronger.
 
I have loved thee, Child! too well,
   To do aught but leave thee:
Nay! my lips should never tell
   Any tale, to grieve thee.
 
Little lady of my heart!
   Just a little longer,
I may love thee: we will part,
   Ere my love grow stronger.
 
Soon thou leavest fairy-land;
   Darker grow thy tresses:
Soon no more of hand in hand;
   Soon no more caresses!
 
Little lady of my heart!
   Just a little longer,
Be a child: then, we will part,
   Ere this love grow stronger.


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Created November 12, 2002; not revised.