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Friday, 15 December 2017

World Wounded - Francis W.L. Adams

She shall never know
I loved her so,
Or she would mourn for me.
    I’d have her say,
    When I am gone away:
    “We were happy, I and he!”

So I for ever
Shall be to her
A sweet bright memory,
    And she shall know
    I loved her so—
   And she too shall love me!

Francis William Lauderdale Adams (1862 – 1893) Malta (Lived in England and Australia)
Source: Australian poets, 1788-1888 selected by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Cassell publishing company, 1890

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