AH dearest dear, what do I hear? <br /> I've hurt thy feelings! have I, dearest? <br />Then let thy words be fiery swords, <br /> To punish me with pangs severest! <br /> <br />Than hear thee sigh, I'd rather die; <br /> Ay, were Death's gruesome terrors <br /> doubled,— <br />I'd rather die than hear thee sigh, <br /> Or deem thy heart a moment troubled.<br /><br />Joseph Skipsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-assurance-2/
