A Song (Ernest Dowson) @ ELCore.Net

A Song

All that a man may pray,
   Have I not prayed to thee?
What were praise left to say,
   Has not been said by me
      O, ma mie?

Yet thine eyes and thine heart,
   Always were dumb to me:
Only to be my part,
   Sorrow has come from thee,
      O, ma mie?

Where shall I seek and hide
   My grief away with me?
Lest my bitter tears should chide,
   Bring brief dismay to thee,
      O, ma mie?

More than a man may pray,
   Have I not prayed to thee?
What were praise left to say,
   Has not been said by me,
      O, ma mie?

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Created November 13, 2002; not revised.