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1867–1900

A SONG

Ernest Christopher Dowson

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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