BETRAYED.

BETRAYED.

Deceived, deflowered, despoiled!O drooping lily, late with light aglow!Around thy root is coiledThe hidden horror of a nameless woe.Deceived, defiled, despoiled!Is there no healing for a broken heart?O God! hadst Thou but foiledThe fatal spell of the betrayer’s art.Deceived, despised, despoiled!The blight has fallen on thy peerless bloom;To bless thy bridal eager ages toiled;—A moment’s glamour leaves thee endless gloom.

Deceived, deflowered, despoiled!O drooping lily, late with light aglow!Around thy root is coiledThe hidden horror of a nameless woe.Deceived, defiled, despoiled!Is there no healing for a broken heart?O God! hadst Thou but foiledThe fatal spell of the betrayer’s art.Deceived, despised, despoiled!The blight has fallen on thy peerless bloom;To bless thy bridal eager ages toiled;—A moment’s glamour leaves thee endless gloom.

Deceived, deflowered, despoiled!O drooping lily, late with light aglow!Around thy root is coiledThe hidden horror of a nameless woe.

Deceived, deflowered, despoiled!

O drooping lily, late with light aglow!

Around thy root is coiled

The hidden horror of a nameless woe.

Deceived, defiled, despoiled!Is there no healing for a broken heart?O God! hadst Thou but foiledThe fatal spell of the betrayer’s art.

Deceived, defiled, despoiled!

Is there no healing for a broken heart?

O God! hadst Thou but foiled

The fatal spell of the betrayer’s art.

Deceived, despised, despoiled!The blight has fallen on thy peerless bloom;To bless thy bridal eager ages toiled;—A moment’s glamour leaves thee endless gloom.

Deceived, despised, despoiled!

The blight has fallen on thy peerless bloom;

To bless thy bridal eager ages toiled;—

A moment’s glamour leaves thee endless gloom.


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