SHALL I thus ever long, and be no whit the neare?
And shall I still complain to thee, the which me will not hear?
Alas! say nay! say nay! and be no more so dumb,
But open thou thy manly mouth and say that thou wilt come:
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.........beautiful poem...especially like this line ★ To please both thy false heart and rid myself from woe, That rather had to die in troth than live forsaken so!